Answers to the World's Smallest Creation Quiz
Q: Did Adam ever see a dinosaur?
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YES.
This is Young Earth Creationism, the view that the word "yom" in Genesis Chapter 1 must be translated as a 24 hour day. True to its namesake, this view holds that the earth is truly only a few thousand years old and is what most people think of when they hear the word "Creationism." This view believes that the interpretation of Genesis popular in the 19th century is the first and most reliable scientific resource that should be consulted, as it is based on interpretation of an account written by an eyewitness (God Himself!). It holds that the variety of animal life we see today came about from Darwinian evolution from the few thousand animals saved by Noah's ark a few thousand years ago.
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NO, ALL DINOS EXTINCT BEFORE THE LITERAL HISTORICAL PERSON NAMED ADAM:
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Old Earth Creationism. It holds that Genesis is literal history, but correct interpretation requires careful translation of the Hebrew words. It holds that the variety of animal life we see today came about by special creation by God. Over hundreds of millions of years or six "yoms", the Lord created increasingly complex life forms. It holds that natural selection or Darwinism cannot account for the variety of life we see today. It holds that the flood of Noah wiped out all human beings and all animals touched by man's evil, across the whole erets, or country.
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NO, AND SUCH A QUESTION THWARTS THE PURPOSE OF GENESIS.
This is Theistic Evolution, a view which holds that we turn to the Bible for answers to Spiritual questions and for questions about God's plan for human salvation. For scientific questions, we turn to science. Many holders of this view may hold theologically conservative visions of the reliability of Scripture, sin, and salvation.
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NO, GENESIS IS MERE BUNK.
This is Naturalistic Materialism, Scientism, Evolutionism, the view that we are mere bags of molecules, that everything about us can be explained by science, or is the result of mere chemical and scientific processes.
