Why are dinosaurs not mentioned in the Bible?

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Dinosaurs were not mentioned in the bible, contrary to popular Christian mythology. When Christians mistakenly refer to the book of Job, he speaks of a "behemoth" which is mentioned to eat grass like an ox. There are plenty of meat-eating dinosaurs.

Those who mention a "dragon" in the book of revelation which concludes the bible after all the events of Christ, it refers to it as Satan. Do you expect people to believe that all dinosaur skeletons that are found are all Satan? Also, why have no dinosaur skeletons been found that date under 2000 years old? Even if God created Adam/Eve before, why do we not find human skeletons dating prior to dinosaurs?

Lastly, as far as using the term "leviathan," it's referred in a metaphoric sense. As common as they were, it would have been mentioned a lot more. Since they do not mention meat-eating dinosaurs, why would they battle a creature that eats grass in the first place?

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The word "Dinosaur" wasn't invented until the 1800s, so instead, in the Bible, God used "dragon" or "behemoth" or "leviathan". But Dinosaurs are mentioned a lot in the bible, just not using that word:)

Because there weren't any around. Occasionally the ancients would find fossilized bones and they believed they were from "dragons".

--Of interest in that the Grand Canyon has no fossils of land creatures. The very top layer of rock are still 200 million years old, and everything below that is even older. Thus no land based animal fossils at all.

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Like the lack of evidence of other children of Adam and Eve, other the Cain, Abel, and Seth, there was no need to mention these animals. We do not know why God put these animals upon the earth, He had His reason as He had his reason for letting them die out.

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In a way, they were -- as Dragons.

The people who wrote the Scriptures and Psalms and all the parts that make up the Old and New Testaments of the Bible (as well as the Apocrypha and other related writings) lived in an era that came long before human beings understood what those massive fossils and other signs were, so they understood them as beasts such as Dragons and as the creature that appears (with seven heads and ten horns) in the Revelation at the end of the New Testament.

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The English term 'dinosaur' wasn't used until 1840. The Hebrew writers didn't have an all purpose word for large lizards - which is what the word literally means. There are references to living creatures that could be dinosaurs. Possibilities include 'leviathan and 'behemoth'.

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Because the Dinosaurs existed before God replenished the Earth and the Bible stories were after God replenished the Earth.

(KJV) Genesis 1 [27] "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and "REPLENISH" the earth, ...... Quick definitions (replenish) verb: fill something that had previously been emptied

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Regarding the word Replenish.

This comes from the Hebrew word male and is translated as replenish in the King James Version. The word really means 'fill', which also makes much better sense in the context, as the earth had not previously been filled although it is possible that God created more than just one individual pair of animals in the beginning.

Thus, a correct understanding of the original meaning makes it unnecessary to propose a filling, an emptying and then a re-filling or replenishing.

So, in the context of the question, dinosaurs are not mentioned as such simply because that term did not exist in the Bible times and other words were used as mentioned above.

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Dinosaurs became extinct 64 million years ago, long before the Bible was written. It was not a case of not knowing what to call them - the biblical authors simply had no way of knowing that they had ever existed.

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The dinosaurs played a crucial role in the creation process. The remains of these creatures form a fossil layer that surrounds the earth and is some four miles thick. That's a lot of dinosaurs. The carcasses of these animals literally fertilized the entire planet allowing vegetation to grow thereby feeding insects, animals and eventually the humans that would come along later. The biblical reference regarding the dinosaurs can be found in the book of Job where they are called 'behemoths'.

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You cannot possibly say that dinosaurs existed millions of years ago and believe in the Bible's teachings. Evolutionists have the idea of dinosaurs existing millions of years ago which in actual fact has no proof at all of the dinosaurs existing this long ago and the Bible sees creation as 8000 years ago (this is not my proof against dinosaurs existing millions of years ago to an atheist but rather the lack of evidence supporting an evolutionists point). Evolutionists have many theories about dinosaurs from quite a bank of imagination including the range of ideas of how they are extinct. Dinosaurs did exist and yes there were references in the Bible as many have previously mentioned Behemoth, Leviathan and other sea creatures given different names often now seen as dinosaurs (the word was not used until 1840 or so, so there obviously isn't any direct reference), so yes man did co-exist with dinosaurs. I do not know what the deal is with one of the answers above who comments on the lack of evidence for Ada and Eve's children and a lack of mentioning of dinosaurs as Adam and Eve had 50-60 children I feel it would be highly unnecessary to comment on them all and dinosaurs are of course mentioned and described. The word replenished was mistranslated as was a bit of the King James version as it was translated specifically to suit the beliefs of the church at the time in the 1600s.

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Of course there is evidence that dinosaurs were around dozens of millions of years ago. Science wouldn't say they were otherwise. The words 'behemoth' and 'leviathan' are in no way specific to dinosaurs - indeed they could describe any large creature... elephant, whale, giraffe...

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Dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible just not by the modern names we know (Job 40 & 41, Psalms 104, & Isaiah 27). If we study the existence of dinosaurs through the Bible they would have lived alongside man, as land animals were created on the sixth day (Genesis 1:24-31), and would have probably come to extinction some time after the Flood.

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Actually, they were in a way... the Bible mentions giant lizards and beasts which could have been dinosaurs considering the word dinosaur means giant reptile... and dinosaurs might have actually existed millions of years ago because Gods days could have been 1 billion years... nobody knows how long they were it's just that humans have made one day 24 hours because that is how long it takes for the Earth to rotate.

I think the bible does make a reference to dinosaurs, but they are called 'behemoths' for some reason.

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Thousands of years ago - when the Bible was written - science was very primitive. Fossils and "Dinosaurs" were unknown; it has been modern science that has begun to really understand these discoveries.

Because the Bible was written before Dinosaurs were understood, important loop-holes like many others you will find in the Bible (to act as an argument against scientific fact) were not written in.

This is a religious mystery.

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Let me first say that I do believe in God. I'm 19 years old, and spent the better part of the last 5 years as a skeptic of God's existence. But I do think that it is a little naive to take the Bible's word literally, word for word.

It has been mentioned that we have no way of knowing just how long a 'day' was for God. Supporters of the literal translation will say that it was the 24-hour day, and that God was and is so supreme that He wouldn't need eons. That may be true that He didn't NEED eons. But humans don't HAVE to wait until their 18 to have sex and bear children. They're physically capable of both at a much earlier age. They simply CHOOSE to wait. God perhaps CHOSE to do things over eons. Who are we to say He should have done something one way or another?

I do believe that the Big Bang and Evolution theories are true. But I also believe that they were simply the methods that God chose to use to create the universe. Those theories make no assumptions about what started the motion. They simply describe the motion itself.

The fact that evolution has gaps in its history can be explained by the fact that God, throughout time, has gone to lengths to keep us from getting the whole picture. If we KNEW beyond a doubt how He did it all, then our belief in Him wouldn't be FAITH. We would be believing in PROOF. We aren't meant to get the whole picture until we enter the kingdom of Heaven. Our FAITH in Him, without that proof, is what gains us our entrance into Heaven. The Tower of Babel is a great example of that.

Also, in regard to the 'dragons'. Has anyone considered Komodo dragons? They look a lot like a 'giant serpent' would look like (while maintaining the Adam and Eve version of the serpent, which had legs). They have thick tails, and are also great swimmers. So that could explain the 'dragons'.

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Dinosaurs WERE mentioned in the bible. When the Lord speaks of his power to Job in Job, Chapters 40 and 41, the Lord describes two different creatures. A behemoth, which eats grass and moves his tail like a cedar tree and drinkeths up the river. The Lord also describes another creature called a leviathan which is very interesting. This creature is described in much detail in Chapter 41 as a beast that you dare not confront. Whom has closely woven scales that "cannot be sundered." "And out his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth."

I AGREE THAT DINOSAURS EXISTED (MILLIONS OF YEARS? THAT I DONT KNOW). BUT THERE IS A PASSAGE/VERSE IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD HAS KEPT A SECRET TO MANKIND THINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND... WE MUST TRY TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE MEN CREATED BY GOD... AND GOD IS GOD! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!! : )

Only a fool takes the bible literally. I find it so frustrating when christians

say that they believe every word of this book when it is obvious that everyone twists and tortures it into saying whatever they wish it to say! I used to be a christian and I have read through the entire book many times, I have studied it INTENSELY for years and I can assure you that dinosaurs nor anything like them are to be found within its pages. For christians to say that they are is a prime example of this text torture I mentioned. Talking snakes and asses, magic staffs and stones, a man and a couple of sons building a boat to hold 2 of every species of land animal and seven of some?! Sounds like a great sci-fi movie! Imagine the problems that would arise from having all of these animals in a SEALED up ship! Things like feeding all of these animals and getting rid of their waste would be a tall task for an army let alone Noah and his poor family.

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Its ok to say because the Bible does not say nothing lived before 6000 years ago (the 6th day) that Dinosaurs cant had been here millions of years ago, and must have died in the flood.

Sorry but how can you also take the Bible as gospel and the truth?

Dinosaurs and every other creature created 6000 years ago, most wipped out by flood 4000 years ago, many creatures saved 2 by 2 in the Ark that Noah built by himself to carry male/female of most of todays living creatures.

How big would this ark have to be and 1000 men let alone 1 man would not build such a craft. Also Noah was like 600 years old.

Sorry but the bible is no more factual than the story of the 3 little pigs as there are so so many flaws in its text that are impossible.

AnswerBecause at the time the bible was written, dinosaurs had not yet been discovered AnswerGenesis 1:1 says God "created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:2 says that the earth "was without form and void" and seems to indicate God initially made the earth without form and void and then in six days put everything in it, on it, and above it that we see now. So, Christians say the earth was made in 6 days. Since Adam lived about 5,000 years ago, Christians say the earth was made about 5,000 years ago. This is error based on a poor translation of Genesis 1:2.

Genesis 1:2 should read "the earth became without form and void", meaning God created the earth perfectly (as one would expect), but some time later it became "without form and void", meaning it was destroyed.

In Hebrew, there is no verb to-be, and so there's no past tense verb that can be translated "was". In the King James Version, when the translation of Hebrew to English indicates that the word "was" should be added to the English translation, the translators generally italicized it to indicate that they added a word for clarity. In Genesis 1:2, the word "was" is not italicized, indicating that the word "was" in that verse came from an actual Hebrew word (thus it cannot be the word "was", since there is no such thing in Hebrew). Instead it is the Hebrew word for "became".

Again, God created the heavens and the earth. Some time later (thousands of years later? millions of years later? It doesn't say how much later), it was destroyed. In six days God restored the earth, not created it. When he restored the earth, he made man as we know man today. Dinosaurs, cave men, etc. existed prior to this destruction.

Why there's no obvious mention or detailed description of the beings that lived prior to the destruction, I don't know. There's also no mention of cars, airplanes, space shuttles, cell phones, parade floats, shotguns, oxygen, uvulas, toe nail clippers, peanut butter and jelly Sandwiches, the Pythagorean Theorem, lollipops, Stonehenge, crop circles, Halloween, or porcupine nostrils. What's in there is what God decided is necessary.

AnswerThe dinosaurs were not mentioned in this bible because none of the men who were involved in the writing, editing and revising of the books of this bible were aware that dinosaurs ever existed.

You might wonder how this can be, considering that - according to the timeline of this bible - men and dinosaurs existed at the same time.

Well, the answer is that it can't be.

This is one of many, many things which serve as indicators to us non-brainwashed people that this bible is just another mass of texts written, edited and revised by people looking to start and sustain a system of religious beliefs and guidelines.

People create religions.

It's just one of the things they do.

They've been doing it for a long time.

They're just now starting to really grow out of it.

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Dinosaurs became extinct 64 million years ago, long before the Bible was written. It was not a case of not knowing what to call them - the biblical authors simply had no way of knowing that they had ever existed.

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Dinosaurs are mentioned in Genesis 1:21. The Hebrew word, though translated as sea-creatures, is a more generic word sometimes used for land-reptiles as well (Exodus 7:9). See also:

Is there evidence against Evolution

Can you show that God exists