[_ Old Earth _] Children, Dinosaurs, And AnswersInGenesis

[VirginShallConceive]

In this link,


http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/1999/11/05/dinosaurs-and-the-bible


if you scroll down about 55% - 60% the length of the page, you will find this:

Have Dinosaurs lived in Recent Times?

If the different kinds of dinosaurs survived the Flood, then they must have come off the Ark and lived in the post-Flood world.
In the Bible, in Job 40:15–24, God describes to Job (who lived after the Flood) a great beast with which Job was familiar. This great animal, called “behemoth,†is described as “the chief of the ways of God,†perhaps the biggest land animal God had created. Impressively, he moved his tail like a cedar tree! Although some Bible commentaries say this may have been an elephant or hippopotamus, the description actually fits that of a dinosaur like Brachiosaurus. Elephants and hippos certainly do not have tails like cedar trees!

Actually, very few animals are singled out in the Bible for such a detailed description. Contrary to what many may think, what we know now as dinosaurs get more mention in the Scriptures than most animals! So dinosaurs—all the different kinds—must have lived alongside of people after the Flood.

If a child is, let's say, twelve years old, and they display that they are very interested in science, do you feel that it would be a good idea to teach them or try to persuade them to accept what AnswersInGenesis has to say about dinosaurs?

 

[Roof]

I dont think it is a good idea to teach young children AnswersInGenesis.


Looking up the actual sizes of cedar trees and brachiosaurus on wikipedia shows that Cedar trees are much too large for even a Brachiosaurus.

 

[Barbarian]

Also, "tail" and "Stones" seem to be euphemisms. So that would fit an elephant.

 

[Pizzaguy]

I'd let the kid learn science as it is taught today, and make the kid aware that science's "correct answers" are subject to change.

Constant change.

And that science is defined and taught my men and women who change their minds all the time. Just look at the evolution of atomic science, plate tectonics, and a myriad of other sciences that have changed over the years.

 

[Narwhalist]

The behemoth in the Bible is not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs are not mentioned in the Bible for the simple reason they did not live at the same time humans did. So it wouldn't be a good idea as it would go against what God has revealed to us through nature

 

[Sparkey]

Closing thread for review: Off topic posting.

 

[Free]

Topic has been reopened. Please keep it on topic.

Thanks.