Something I would like to see cleared up, just because I have heard a lot of non-Christians (some at work, some on other message boards) saying things along the lines of "Mention Dinosaurs to Christians - they haven't got an answer to that."
This needn't be a matter we need to run away from (just like we shouldn't run from any issue in my opinion). The Bible does have answers, I just don't have them all.
Two things I can point out:
1) To the cynical suggestion of "There aren't any Dinosaurs mentioned in Genesis and Exodus..." From what I've heard it is thought that the Bible doesn't run in chronological order, so that isn't necessarily the place they'll be mentioned in.
2) The book of Job is thought by many to pre-date the book of Genesis, and there are thought to be Dinosaurs mentioned in that book. Not sure exactly what references, but someone else will have that information I'm sure.
This needn't be a matter we need to run away from (just like we shouldn't run from any issue in my opinion). The Bible does have answers, I just don't have them all.
Two things I can point out:
1) To the cynical suggestion of "There aren't any Dinosaurs mentioned in Genesis and Exodus..." From what I've heard it is thought that the Bible doesn't run in chronological order, so that isn't necessarily the place they'll be mentioned in.
2) The book of Job is thought by many to pre-date the book of Genesis, and there are thought to be Dinosaurs mentioned in that book. Not sure exactly what references, but someone else will have that information I'm sure.