Please Explain the Existence of Dinasour Fossils

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Ferd

Thank God he wasnt Sams son!

Samson?

[Dedicated Mind]

G.T. Haywood wrote a small pamphlet entitled, "Before The Foundation of the World". In it, he describes each day of creation as being a 7,000 year period. If you read Genesis chapter 1, you will notice that on the 5th day, God said, "let the waters bring forth." On the 6th day, God said, "let the earth bring forth." Haywood says that the 5th day was a 7,000 year period of the dinosaur age. The 6th day is the current period we are living in. The 7th day is a period we have yet to enter. Lucifer's rebellion could have occurred at the end of the 5th day, destroying the dinosaurs. He was already a serpent by the beginning of the 6th day in the garden of Eden.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Samson?

i was too smart by half.

Son of Sam?

bad dude.

[RandyWayne]

I personally believe they (the fossils) are a trick of the devil, put there for the sole purpose of confusing us and causing doubt as it pertains to every children's bible pop-up book version of Creation ever published!

But if you wish to take the plunge, there is some GREAT scientific material from a Christian perspective at www.reasons.org.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

I have never - not once in this lifetime - heard a Christian response to the existence of dinasour fossils.

Anybody know of any good source material?

Go to
http://www.answersingenesis.org/

From what I understand, this group teaches that there were indeed dinosaurs on the ark. They would have been young animals and not the huge adults. They teach that condition on earth after the flood caused them to die out.

[Newman]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

Please explain the existence of dinasour fossils and how it relates to Judeo-Christian values.

One idea of many.... (as touched upon by rgcraig)

In the beginning the Earth was without form and void (used up)....

The story of the Garden of Eden begins after satan had been cast down to Earth; hitting it like a gigantic, enormous metiorite that kicked up such a dust storm that the sunshine couldn't get through; the ice age came and the dinasaurs and all other life forms died out....

Then God spoke the words recorded in Genesis...

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

I read an article once that stated that God had wiped out a previous creation here on this earth before us. Supposedly, that is why the earth was "without form" and "void."

Does anyone know anything about that teaching and/or where it originates from?


Is that a prominent doctrine in Christianity?

Some believe that there was a race of humans or subhumans who were wiped out and then the earth was recreated. Some teachers believe that demons are the spirits of that pre-Adamic race.

[JamDat]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

Please explain the existence of dinasour fossils and how it relates to Judeo-Christian values.

The lizards and crocodilians (i think all reptiles) don't stop growing until they're dead. Now if Adam missed seeing Noah by only about 125 years, that means he was a very very old man. It seems that before the flood many people live to be over 800 years old. Probably because of the climate before God changed it.

If people lived to be that old then maybe (in all probability) the lizards did too. If a lizard or crocodilian doesn't stop growing until they die imagine how big they would be if they were even 500 years old. With out a huge human population they and other animals ruled most of the earth. A big place to call home to many large animals.

The climate change after the flood seemed to have an effect on the long lives of people and probably the rest of creation also. Thus we don't see the huge lizards anymore.

Fossilization can happen quickly under the right the conditions and the flood would be one of those conditions.

It's only a theory, but a good one I think. Thanks DrDino.com

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

G.T. Haywood wrote a small pamphlet entitled, "Before The Foundation of the World". In it, he describes each day of creation as being a 7,000 year period. If you read Genesis chapter 1, you will notice that on the 5th day, God said, "let the waters bring forth." On the 6th day, God said, "let the earth bring forth." Haywood says that the 5th day was a 7,000 year period of the dinosaur age. The 6th day is the current period we are living in. The 7th day is a period we have yet to enter. Lucifer's rebellion could have occurred at the end of the 5th day, destroying the dinosaurs. He was already a serpent by the beginning of the 6th day in the garden of Eden.

I had a pastor who taught that also. That each "day" of creation was 6000 years long. The 5th day creatures were reptilian or cold blooded. Then the 6th day creatures also included warm blooded animals. He taught that we are currently in that 6th day and when God said, "let us make man in our image" He was speaking to the Church --that God and the Church are making man into the image of God --that image will only be completed at the resurrection when we take on His image and likeness (ref Philippians 3:20-21, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 1 John 3:1-3, Psalm 17:15). If I remember correctly, Bro. S.G. Norris also taught that the days of creation were 7000 years long also so this would be a pretty common teaching among ministers who were influenced by Bishop Haywood, Bro. Curts, and Bro. Norris.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Alter Ego

I read an article once that stated that God had wiped out a previous creation here on this earth before us. Supposedly, that is why the earth was "without form" and "void."

Does anyone know anything about that teaching and/or where it originates from?


Is that a prominent doctrine in Christianity?

As taught by some:

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was (could also be translated "became") without form and void. The words for without form and void are tohu and bohu and were not the way the earth was originally formed according to Isaiah 45:18-19 and Jeremiah 4:23. So, somewhere between verses 1 and 2 of Genesis chapter 1 something happened to make the earth without form and void. Then verse 3 starts the story of the earth's re-creation in 7 periods called "days." There are different ideas as to the actual length of these "days."