How can the Bible be considered to be accurate if the scholars can't explain dinosaurs?

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The chief reason The Bible does not speak about dinosaurs is because their existence was neither known to the Biblical writers nor was it really apropos to the concerns addressed in the Scriptures. The first chapters of Genesis are not concerned with origins of any species, but rather with the story of God's relation to creation in general and to humanity in particular. Genesis 1-11 were not written as historical prose and to interpret them as such is to do violence to the original intent of the Biblical writers. It also leads to an unnecessary conflict between any scientific theories of evolution and theological teaching on the ultimate origin of life and the human race.

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Do Dinosaurs Exist?

Today's Archaeologists believe that among all the creatures that inhabited the earth Dinosaurs are the biggest, fiercest and which instantly stroke terror in the hearts of viewers. Scientists believe that they inhabited the earth, at an age and as time progressed because of meteorites they and their progeny became extinct. Their fossils, bones gave clue to the study, reconstruction, habits which is the job of paleontologists. They named Dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurus is the biggest among the Dinosaurs. Scientists have come out with new information regarding their shape. Its size would be the same as a chicken at the time it comes out of the shell and weights almost the same. It grows for 14 years and reaches a weight of a ton. After that between 14-18 years of its life it grows at the rates of 2.1 kilos per day and finally assumes 5, 6 tons. By that time its height would be 20 feet and 40 feet width; head itself would be 6 feet. The fangs would be 12 inches long and very sharp. Growth comes to stop at the age of 18. It lives for another 10 years. According to Greg Erickson, a Florida scientist their total span is 30 years. They lived on the earth 22.5 crores years earlier. They evolved from small creatures to become heavy by 15 crore years ago. Of all these, the Tyrannosaurus was very huge. Scientists were perplexed and are still baffled why they become so huge and they say that they have a few details now.

They state facts based on evidence. They measured the circumferences of the limb bones gathered from America. The bones grow annually and they have annual rings like annual rings in a tree and the findings are based on such assumptions. It is reliably decided that in four years they grow hugely and heavily. But how was it possible? It used to eat whatever came its way. Our present crocodiles need hundreds of years to become very huge as dinosaurs, whereas it took only 4 years to become huge and scientists are trying to assess how much food they must have consumed. Their huge size was the need of the hour. Today's crocodiles were of huge dimensions at one time and there is evidence to that effect. Size would be forbidding to the enemies, it gives skill to hunt; some vegetarian dinosaurs had elongated necks to grapple branches. Tyrannosaurus became the mammoth in the course of evolution. Fossils found everywhere in all the four corners of the earth reveal the fact that very weird creatures evolved on earth. Dinosaurs lived during the middle great living age of the earth. They are also called giant lizards. Some of them reached a length of 27 meters. Brachiosaurus a vegetarian reached a length of 20 meters and weighed 30 metric tones. It was an amphibian, had a long tail corresponding to the neck. Triceratops had a head of 2 meters with a high collar near the neck with 3 horns, 2 on the head and one on the snout, which was also a vegetarian. Scientists classified them on the basis of their food habits and life style.

Let us find out more about dinosaurs. Because of their shape and evolutions they belong to the class of reptiles of the Mesozoic era. They are Oviparous. They had femur (thigh-bone) fitted into a socket in its pelvis (hip-bone), which suited swift running. Dinosaurs can be classified into two kinds. 1) Reptiles 2) Aves According to scientists they survived on earth for 165 million years. They became extinct 65 million years ago. They can be classified in to two 1) Carnivores (Flesh eating) 2) Herbivores (Vegetarian). Recently two scientists discovered very huge fossils in their excavations in Argentina. They named it as Giganotosaurus, the biggest among Dinosaurs so far found. It had a length of 42 feet, weighed between 6 and 8 tons and existed 100 million years ago in the Cretaceous era. Scientists from Chicago University in 1966 discovered a skull similar to that of shark with sharp teeth. It must be a Dinosaur 45 feet in length, 12 feet high, weighed about 8.3 tonnes. Theropods among dinosaurs had two feet and lived around 230 million years ago during Triassic era as per the findings in South America. These had short fore limbs with sharp, clawed fingers, claws, threatening Jaws, sharp teeth, head like an 'S', short fore limbs, long hind limbs and swift hot blooded, they resembles Aves. Similarly "Sauropodomorphs" a four-legged vegetarian had small heads, huge bodies, and long necks and had tails. Their long tails were their weapons of self-defence. Another species were "Thyreophorans" had 4 limbs had carapaces. These protective carapaces were like plate, scales and were of 30 feet length and mostly vegetarians. They lived 200 million years ago during Jurassic era and existed in North America, Europe and China. "Ornithopods" had feet like a bird, Thighs shaped like birds and were 49 feet long and lived on plants. Another species were "Marginocephalians" which were bipeds and quadrupeds, thighs shaped like birds and lived during cretaceous period during 146-65 million years ago and must have lived in North America, Asia, Europe and Africa, they had thick skulls and could attack enemies with their skulls.

Dinosaurs belonging to giant reptile species must have existed on the earth crores of years ago flying in the air while a species called "Dinocephalosaursus Orientalis" lived in water. Discoveries in South China revealed that these must have lived in water 23 crores of years ago. They lived in shallow seas, and with their elongated necks they caught fish and ate them. Dinocephalosaurus was one such. It had a neck of 1.7 meters and they became extinct. According to Archeologists if we imagine Dinosaurs are forbidding animals and most appalling than any other animal known to man. Scientists gave reasons why they became extinct.

Asteroids are huge rocks that revolve round the planets. Asteroids move in an orbit between Mars and other planets. Dimensions vary from very huge to very small. They also revolve round the sun like other planets. They are full of craters, stones and metals. There could be more than 1000 such asteroids with a radius of more than 1 km near the earths orbit. Asteroids with more than 50 km radius may be there around 10000. The biggest among them have a radius of 25 kilometer. Read what happens if such an asteroid collides with earth. If an asteroid of more than a kilometer collides with earth there would be more destruction than the explosion of a nuclear bomb. According to Scientists Dinosaurs became extinct because of collisions such as these and these collisions must have occurred 65 million years ago. In reality, however not much harm is done by these, why because the moment they enter the earths orbit they get burnt and merge in the atmosphere. So asteroids with a kilometer radius cause little harm to the earth. Bigger asteroids pose a problem. It can meet and collide with a mass of nearly 10 mega tonnes. First there would be blinding light, followed by loud sound and loud destruction. It wipes away any living creature on earth. Such a great disaster was averted on 23rd March 1989. Asteroid of Apollo with a radius of 1000 feet was to collide and it came near to earth short of six hours. Had it occurred, there would have been greatest explosion? Scientists say that every 10,000 years asteroids with a kilometer radius collide with earth, every 1,00,000 years once asteroids with more than 5-kilometer radius collide with earth. However most of them get burnt out even before they touch the earth. An asteroid less than 100 feet radius fell down on Tunguska in Siberia in 1908; destroying green plants over hundreds of sq km and Dinosaurs became extinct because of such collisions.

So nature is repository for all sciences nature seeks recourse in Bible and originates from it. Man born long after nature was born started exploring nature. Their research is science. He discovered many sciences like Toxicology, Photobiology, Egrostology, Ecology, Oncology, Geology, Ornithology, Cosmology, Morphology, Physiology, Phrenology, Neurology, Histology, Anthropology, and Gerontology. Many secrets of nature were established while many yet are to be decoded. Much thought has to be given to the fossils of Dinosaurs. Like an acid test for gold, every scientific discovery has to be put under the scrutiny of Bible because nature came before man and Bible caused nature and man. Man could understand only a fragment of the great knowledge contained in the Bible. Among them very few have stood the test, while many are fragments of imagination. The question of existence of dinosaurs also has to be tested by Bible. If we think according to the Bible, Jehovah cursed the serpent. GEN 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: " Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. God created animals before man GEN 1: 20 - 25 Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens." So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

The word of God says that all beasts, animals were created before man. The serpent also belongs to species of animals. Before God cursed, the serpent had wings, was flying and walking with legs if we see. It began to crawl after the curse. And listen to the word of God, after we commit every mistake nature changes to an extent. When God gave his command to Israelites, He prescribed changes in feeding habits and gave the conduct of rules. He gave a list of animals fit for human consumption in Leviticus. Lev 11: 20,27,29,42 'All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 'These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth-these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. When we closely study the creation animals and birds we find that the quadrupeds do not have wings, those birds that have wings do not have four legs. Winged creatures have two legs and quadrupeds do not have wings, which is clear. When we come to the second point the crocodile, which is huge in size, have four legs and walks with the feet. Viewed from the third angle it is a lizard. This word means it could be a gecko that to giant reptiles, which should be born in mind. Fourth one is described as that which moves with the stomach and four legs. Viewed this way it could be a serpent, which creeps with the stomach, walk with four legs to the beasts. GEN 3: 1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. It is cleverest of all the animals, and the prophet mentioned before the curse. Ezekiel 28: 13, 17 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.17 " Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you. God compares the fallen one to a king one who loses his throne. We should abide by the word of God and live according to His prescriptions. If we flout, we will be fallen, doomed like the serpent, which has lost wings and legs. God cautioned Israelites about crocodile dinosaur and the serpent and He described their body structure and abominated them. Similarly is the case with the aquatic creatures Lev 11:10 But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. The Bible clearly states that there existed animals with wings, carapaces that did not walk on the earth that walked with the feet according to the Bible. There were aquatic creatures, creature with wings and carapaces. When we closely study the Bible we find that even before man there was a huge 'Amphibious' creature on earth. Man came to know regarding these after through excavations whereas a bible scholar can ascertain by a simple study of Bible. Only a close study of 66 (sixty six) books from Genesis to Revelation we come to know of dinosaurs, the biggest and the most fearsome. Its shape makes mankind to shiver, though he is made in the image of God. Even Satan also chose this creature to destroy man and to make him a subject to it. Gigantosaurus, 42 feet long, is weighing between 6 and 8 tonnes according to two scientists from Argentina. Sauropodomorphs with long necks, with long tails attacked their enemies and destroyed them. The beast in the bible also has the same feature, which might be this creature. REV 12: 3, 4 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. God compares the unheeded to meet with some cruel fate from an animal like bird. Dinosaurs are of two kinds, reptiles and birds. ISA 46: 11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it;I will also do it.

Thyreophorans have quadrupedal (four-legs) armored, carapaces shaped like plates, thorns etc. Some had sharp pointed projections, which must have existed in Europe, North America and China. If man disobeys God his fate and perdition are described. JER 12: 9 My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour! Think well of the formidable shape of this bird according to the Bible JOB 41: 7-34 Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle- Never do it again! Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.Who then is able to stand against Me? Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. "I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face,With his terrible teeth all around? His rows of scales are his pride,Shut up tightly as with a seal; One is so near anotherThat no air can come between them; They are joined one to another,They stick together and cannot be parted. His sneezings flash forth light,And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go burning lights;Sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke goes out of his nostrils,As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. His breath kindles coals,And a flame goes out of his mouth. Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. The folds of his flesh are joined together;They are firm on him and cannot be moved. His heart is as hard as stone,Even as hard as the lower millstone. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;Because of his crashings they are beside themselves. Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. He regards iron as straw,And bronze as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee;Slingstones become like stubble to him. Darts are regarded as straw;He laughs at the threat of javelins. His undersides are like sharp potsherds;He spreads pointed marks in the mire. He makes the deep boil like a pot;He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. He leaves a shining wake behind him;One would think the deep had white hair. On earth there is nothing like him,Which is made without fear. He beholds every high thing;He is king over all the children of pride." JOB 39: 27 - 30 Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high? On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar. Its young ones suck up blood;And where the slain are, there it is." JOB 40:15 - 24 "Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox. See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles. He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron. He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword. Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there. He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh. The lotus trees cover him with their shade;The willows by the brook surround him. Indeed the river may rage,Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth, Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare. Lion is the king of the forest while Dinosaur is the most formidable creature and it is the king over all the animals of pride. It was Herbivores on one hand Carnivores on other hand according one verse. It is the serpent; Satan chose this dragon capable of misguiding even the Eve, fore mother by frightening her through her gigantic structure. When we read the bible carefully we find that the dinosaurs are the most formidable and whatever the scientists have described about the shape of dinosaurs is found in the Bible. We learn about its food habits from the Bible. It terrified even man, created by God in His own image. The Dinosaurs with its Guiles and Tricks became a tool of Satan. According to the word of God. PSALMS 104: 26 There the ships sail about;There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there. PSALM 74: 13, 14 You divided the sea by Your strength;You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces,And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. ISA 27: 1 In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong,Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. JOB 3: 8 May those curse it who curse the day, those who are ready to arouse Leviathan. Crocodile is equaled with 'Leviathan', "A Great Sea Monster". 'Serpent' means "Dragon". According to these descriptions crooked serpent, crocodile these animals are large sea creatures and dragons. They live under water, on earth, sky according to the Bible. Readers may get a doubt as to how books like Psalms, Isaiah and Job and how they knew about extinct animals. Moses authored Genesis. How does he know, a character in Exodus about creatures, which lived crores of years ago. Let it be remembered that Bible is not the word of man but the word of God. Guided by the Holy Spirit these words were written and they tell us all about dinosaurs and other matters without recourse to research. Scientists who are unaware of these contained in the Bible are on a job like making a mountain out of a molehill. Read the Bible carefully and many unknown facts would be revealed. Satan chose not any other animal but the dragon to tempt Eve the first woman. It never crawled, ate earth before the curse. A lie to be passed off needs the backing of a personality and appearances are deceptive hence, appearance, false, attractive, tempting and dangerous can only deceive. ISA 27: 1 In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. We know from attributes 1) A large sea creature 2) A great sea Monster 3) Crooked serpent 4) Dragon. All words and expressions used in the Bible and such a dragon tempted Eve.

Science called this dinosaur. They are extinct long ago due to collision of asteroids according to science. Science does not know that all is the work of God. Like everything that they do not understand is enigmatic to these scientists, even God is an enigma. The Bible tells us about dinosaurs. God wanted man to be the paragon of creation and God molded and shaped creation according to it. GEN 1: 26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." GEN 2: 19, 20 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. PSL 8: 6,7 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen-Even the beasts of the field, JAS 3: 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. GEN 9: 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. It is only to see that man remains supreme among all His creatures. God decimated dinosaurs. It could eat a man. These dinosaurs existed crores of years before the first man. By the time God made Adam, changed their huge shapes from such terrifying shape they have become crawly and creepy. God began decimating them crores of years onwards and by the time God made Adam, he named the animals and there after he saw it that there were no huge creature. As can be seen by the word of God. JOB 26: 13 By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. ISA 51: 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. AreYou not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? ISA 27: 1 In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong,Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. PSL 91: 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. PSL 104:29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. PSL 74: 13, 14 You divided the sea by Your strength;You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces,And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

God crushed these dinosaurs and they became manure and God commanded that animals should feed man. They were under the earth during the flood to be rescued. Later by Noah's ark the fossils of dinosaurs, which were found by scientists so far are a minority, found only in half a dozen countries. If excavations are carried out round the globe, Archeologists might discover many more. Geologists are wasting huge amount of money, most of which is being waste, with very little result accruing to man. Think for a moment. Instead of researching of the dead fossils, let them think of God the savior. Is it necessary to date the dinosaurs, many species are becoming extinct and because of pollution, a large creation of man, many creatures are becoming extinct. Is it wise to think of extinct and dead animals of by gone era? Can man bring them back to life? The height of madness is the research on dinosaurs. Let them fight to eliminate poverty and hunger. Are the respective governments questioning the fruitless researches, which are a drain on public funds, which can be used for useful purposes? The world today seems to be mad. The voice of reason is going unheeded and society seems to be drunk. The voice of reason is a feeble voice in the cacophony.

2 PETER 2: 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)- 12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,

This is the grim situation of the worlds today. It is ridiculous that men are more worried about extinct animals rather than living millions, emaciated who seems to as good as extinct except for the slight flicker of life in them. There are thieves who explore the gullible public filming the lives of the dead animals and making fortune out of it. Let them balk and show the power of God. He is worried about the transient life but not permanent life. He is trying to recreate the cruel animal, which made them their prey, but they do not pray to the savior nor is trying to change his cruel animal nature more cruel, more dangerous than any known dinosaur. Such is today's state, the charade of science today.