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Spiritual Thoughts - June 26, 2015

Dinosaurs, dragons and millions of years

I love dinosaurs! I love watching movies about dinosaurs, hearing about dinosaurs, and reading about dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are my thing! Now, “How,” you may ask, “can a Creationist like yourself who denies evolution believe in creatures that science has proven to have existed millions of years ago?” First of all, I’d like to point out “science” could never prove that anything happened millions of years ago. Science is knowledge derived from observation, experimentation, etc. You can’t observe what happened millions of years ago; you can only believe in it. Contrary to the accepted view of dinosaurs, science and the Bible say lots about dinosaurs that contradict the viewpoint of millions of years.

According to the Bible, flying creatures were created on day five and all land animals on day six. Exodus 20:11 assures us, “[I]n six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.” If God made everything in six days, Adam must have seen dinosaurs! Think about it—you’ll see I am right. So, does historical scientific evidence give evidence that dinosaurs and man have lived together? Surprisingly, yes. Consider a few points:

Dragon legends exist in every culture around the world. The Bible even mentions dragons. The descriptions of these creatures in legend have been embellished to some degree but, basically, the common characteristics of these creatures are that they are large, reptilian beasts; some fly, some walk; some are carnivorous and frightening, while some are vegetarian and friendly. They share so much in common with today’s understanding of dinosaurs that one evolutionist named Carl Sagan wrote a book called The Dragons of Eden, where he tried to explain why these people are seeing creatures that can only be alternatively described as today’s dinosaur.

Herodotus, who lived around 400-484 B.C., wrote about “winged serpents” whose wings were like a bat’s, and he also wrote of creatures he called “ibises” that were much larger than these who killed them (see Herodotus, Histories, vol. 2, para. 75, 76). These references give descriptions of some type of pterosaur. Additionally, today, in Papua New Guinea, there are reports of pterodactyl-like creatures that terrorize local villagers. 

Beowulf, a historical figure who is sometimes thought of as legendary, wrote in the famous story of Beowulf and Grendel the Dragon, how a village in which he was residing at the time was terrorized by a large bipedal carnivore that had arms with little use with claws on them, and a mouth with large sharp teeth.

Marco Polo reported about “huge serpents, ten paces in length and ten spans in girth [that is, 50 feet long and 100 inches in girth]. At the fore part, near the head, they have two short legs, each with three claws, … The jaws are wide enough to swallow a man, the teeth are large and sharp, and their whole appearance is so formidable that neither man, nor any kind of animal can approach them without terror” (quoted in http://apologeticspress.org/apcontent​.aspx?category=9&article=2562). 

Large amounts of Carbon-14 are found in dinosaur fossils, which should be beyond trace in something 90,000 years old. 

Mary Schweitzer and her team have been the discoverers of many dinosaur fossils with fresh bone marrow, blood cells, hemoglobin, etc. Smithsonian Magazine has published her findings but has stated that her findings have been “hijacked” by Creationists.

Modern animals and modern birds are found in dinosaur-era rock layers. 

These are just some of the many findings that scientists continue to make which put a huge question mark on the timeline that evolutionists have put forward for the “age of the dinosaurs” and millions of years. This is one of many areas where the general theory of evolution is the biggest, and most foolish hindrance to scientific research. Why don’t you ever hear the above pieces of historical and scientific evidence talked about in public schools or universities where the theory of evolution reigns paramount? Why do public school textbooks support evolution with “evidence” that has either been severely misrepresented or entirely fraudulent (e.g., Haeckel’s embryos, “vestigial organs,” horse evolution, Java man, Piltdown man, Nebraska man, Archaeopteryx, etc.). Watch Dr. Kent Hovind’s Creation Seminar for more information (available to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-cVj-ZRivqKeqAklhYfFFmmAdvwcnCT). You can also visit www.AnswersInGenesis.org, www.CreationToday.org, www.creation.com, and www.ICR.org. 

Paul warned us in his First Epistle to Timothy (1 Timothy) 6:20 to beware of “oppositions of science falsely so called [lit., “pseudo-science”].” We would do well to heed his warning! 

Richard Sheppard is the Group Leader of the Thompson Seventh-day Adventist Church. 

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