What about the Dinosaurs?

‘What about the Dinosaurs?’ cries a passer-by at an open-air meeting, thinking that they have asked the killer question that will knock on the head, once-for-all, faith in God and trust in the Bible. And who can blame him, given the way in which dinosaurs are always presented in the media.

Far from proving the Bible wrong, dinosaurs are actually described in the Bible: “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.” (Job 40:15-19).

Then there are the many references in history all over the world to ‘dragons’. The description of dragons matches closely what we know of the appearance of dinosaurs (a term that was only invented in 1841). Not only are there descriptions there are also tomb carvings showing dinosaur-like creatures. One of these is on a 15th Century tomb  in Carlisle Cathedral.

The evidence continues to stack up. Most, if not all, dinosaur fossils are not discovered in isolation but in massive beds of fossilised remains, demonstrating that they were buried all at the same time. The only possible explanation of this is the Biblical Flood. Fossil remains of many different creatures almost always seem to be found in beds.

Even more astonishing, and fatal to the theory that dinosaurs are millions of years old, is the discovery of blood cells in the bones of dinosaurs which could never have survived the millions of years demanded by the theory of evolution.

Hear what evolutionist Dr May Schweitzer, who first discovered this, says: “If you take a blood sample and you stick it on a shelf you have nothing recognisable after a week. So why would there be anything left in dinosaurs?”

Not surprisingly she had a hard time getting her results published!  This is what she says: “I had one reviewer tell me that he didn’t care what the data said, he knew that what I was finding wasn’t possible.  I wrote back and said ‘Well, what data would convince you?’ And he said ‘None.’”

We are tempted to ask ‘Who is refusing to face the scientific evidence – creationists or evolutionists?’

This article only contains a brief summary of the evidence that, far from proving the Bible wrong, all that we know about dinosaurs serves to confirm the Bible. If you would like to investigate further why not follow the following links:

Creation Ministries International:  www.creation.com

Answers in Genesis: www.answersingenesis.org

Geoff Cox