What About the Dinosaurs?
   The Bible reveals that the earth is less than 10,000 years old.  It teaches that God made heaven, earth, the sea and all that is in them in six days (Exodus 20:11).  Why couldn’t the days be ages and not literal periods of time, and why couldn’t God have used evolution?  Well in order for evolution to take place, death and suffering must take place.  Genesis 1:31 tells us that God saw all that he had made and, behold, it was very good!  Why would our all loving and all powerful God call millions of years of death and suffering very good?  If we believe the Bible, we cannot believe that God would have used evolution.  Besides all this, there are hundreds of pieces evidence that show that the earth is less than 10,000 years old. 
But what about the dinosaurs?  Don’t their fossils prove that the earth is millions of years old and therefore support the evolution theory?  Whenever the subject of Creationism vs. Evolutionism comes up, questions about the dinosaurs undoubtedly surface.  Where did they go?  Did they live millions of years ago?  Are there some still living?  Does the Bible talk about them?  Did Noah take them with him on the ark?  In this article I hope to give answers to these questions and more.  The truth is that dinosaur fossils, as well as any other types of fossils, prove that something, which once lived, died and nothing else.  There are very few ways to find out when and how a fossil died, and they aren’t stamped with a date telling us when either.  Evolutionists use the geologic column, which is based on many assumptions and theories itself (I’ll explain this in greater detail in a later article), to find the age of many fossils.  And yet the geologic column is dated by the fossils found in it.  Radiometric dating methods are used also, but, as I have explained in previous articles, these methods are based on huge assumptions as well.  So when evolutionists tell you how old dinosaur fossils are, don’t believe them.  Not for one second.   
The name “dinosaur” literally means “Terrible Lizard”.  Before the name dinosaur was coined, these terrible lizards were called dragons.  There are many stories about people and dragons living together.  Many of these are no doubt mythical, but some of them may be true.  Dragons are mentioned 35 times in the Bible.   
Take a look at Job 40:15-41:34.  Many believe Behemoth was an elephant or a hippopotamus but neither of these have a tail like a cedar as talked about in 40:17 (cedar trees are huge, strong, and very tall).  The King James Version of the Bible refers to Behemoth as the chief (greatest or biggest) of the ways of God.  The NIV version says he ranks first among the works of God.  Skeletal remains show us that some dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to live.  With the above in mind we can easily believe that Behemoth may have been a dinosaur (from the description given, it may have been a Brachiosaurus).  Some people believe Leviathan was a crocodile or alligator, but neither of these breath fire or are quite as terrible sounding as the creature described in Job.  Leviathan is mentioned several times in the Bible and in one passage is described as a terrible sea serpent and a Dragon.  Dragons are mentioned in the following verses as well.  Isaiah 14:29, Deut. 32:33, and Psalms 74:13-14.  
Many Christians believe that Noah did not take dinosaurs on the ark because they were too big.  Well, the big ones were big but the little ones were little.  Noah most likely took baby ones on the ark. 
Where did they go?  Most of them were probably hunted and killed after the flood.  Many of the larger ones probably died because of the change in climate after the flood.  Reptiles never stop growing.  Therefore, since things lived longer before the flood, some Dinosaurs (probably not all) may have been overgrown lizards. 
 Some dinosaurs may still be alive!  Many people claim to have seen such creatures which could only be classified as dinosaurs or dragons (Loch Ness and others).    
Evolutionists now claim that birds are the descendants of dinosaurs.  There is simply no solid evidence for this or any other macro-evolution claim.  Archaeopteryx has been thought to be an intermediate fossil between birds and dinosaurs.  Many Scientists, however, believe that it is just an extinct species of bird.  Still others believe that the fossil is a hoax.  Whatever the case may be, Archaeopteryx’ link between birds and dinosaurs cannot be proven.          
Whenever an evolutionist shows you “evidence” for their theory, remember the following.  There are other ways to interpret the evidence, Micro-evolution (variation in the kinds of animals) does not prove Macro-evolution (changing from one kind to another), and loosing an attribute does not prove Macro-evolution (Macro-evolution requires that things acquire attributes, not loose them).                             
For more information about dinosaurs visit www.drdino.com/QandA/index.jsp.  Or visit www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dinosaurs.asp.  By Brett Bretthauer 
 
As you have read about Creationism in this section of our newsletter, you may have wondered why I (Brett Bretthauer) find as well as write so many articles about this subject.  You may find these articles very interesting, or perhaps you find them completely boring.  Whatever your case may be, knowing how to refute Evolutionist’ claims may someday help you lead someone to Jesus.  If a staunch Evolutionist and/or Big Bang theorist walked up to you today and tried to get in a debate with you, would you be able to show him his error?  While you most likely would not have all the answers, would you have enough to defend your faith?  Would you be able to bring glory to God by declaring His rightful ownership of creation?  As you read the following articles, I challenge you to dig deeper into this subject so that your faith might be strengthened.  So that we will be able to give an answer to everyone that asks the reason of the hope within us   (1 Peter 3:15).