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Did Adam name all the Dinosaurs?

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I was just curious about some of your thoughts on this.

Is Adam a literal person? If so, let me try to read this in context.

If Adam is literal, then did he/did he not literally name ALL the animals?

Let me know your outlook on this. Thanx.
 

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I thoguht garden of eden was symbolism...there's no way that story is real...

I mean a talking snake???

And I'm sure if adam stood infront of a t-rex trying to think of a name, none of us would be here today.
LOL

no kidding.

but i guess that goes with my question.

Did Adam even literally exist at all?

If he did, where do I draw the line between literal and symbolism/figurative etc.
 
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LOL

no kidding.

but i guess that goes with my question.

Did Adam even literally exist at all?

If he did, where do I draw the line between literal and symbolism/figurative etc.
How indeed. If there's independent evidence corroborating the story, it's probably a historical account. If there's evidence against it, or if it's simply impossible, then it's probably symbolic. There's a lot of literature on the subject, but very often it boils down to the author waxing philosophic until his personal beliefs in the Bible are vindicated - if he's a YEC, he'll wrangle the text to make Genesis look like a literal, historical account. If he's a day-age-ist, he'll extract the figures he needs. If he's an evolutionist, he'll squeeze out verses to support science. The Bible's a slippery book.
 
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I was just curious about some of your thoughts on this.

Is Adam a literal person? If so, let me try to read this in context.

If Adam is literal, then did he/did he not literally name ALL the animals?

Let me know your outlook on this. Thanx.

What is the example of A name Adam gave to an animal? Do you think he gave any name?

How do you interpret the verse if you do not read it literally? Is it meaningful at all?
 
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LOL

no kidding.

but i guess that goes with my question.

Did Adam even literally exist at all?

If he did, where do I draw the line between literal and symbolism/figurative etc.

You can't. Either literal or figurative, it does not make sense to you anyway. In order to make a meaningful discussion, you need to choose one to start.
 
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What is the example of A name Adam gave to an animal? Do you think he gave any name?
Genesis 2:20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Example? : OK. How about Adam sees a Cow. And gives it a name. Obviously it would be the original language not English. Or a giant 3 horned lizard and gave the hebrew name for triceratops.



How do you interpret the verse if you do not read it literally? Is it meaningful at all?
I'm not sure what your getting at here Juv.

You can't. Either literal or figurative, it does not make sense to you anyway. In order to make a meaningful discussion, you need to choose one to start.
Fine let's go with literal. But don't change the context on me/cherry pick and then later on say well that part is figurative.

It like when they say the creation days arent literal days. That it's a day from gods point of view. OK fine, don't change the context on me later on then and say well that's from mans point of view.
 
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Fine, let's go literal.

Exactly, the names Adam gave to animals were neither English, nor any language we know today. Right? So, how is the OP meaningful if we do not know what those names were? If a new fossil were found, how would we know what was its name at Adam's time?

Literally, do you have any idea what does the verse (naming animals) mean at all? Give you a hint: If I named something or someone, what does it mean?
 
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Considering how long it would take to name every single animal in existence -- add to that because God made Adam start over; he spent a whole day naming them "Steve," "Bob," "Walter," etc., before God noticed.
 
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Literally, do you have any idea what does the verse (naming animals) mean at all? Give you a hint: If I named something or someone, what does it mean?

Naming is a claim of ownership. Of course, claiming something doesn't make it so, does it?
 
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I was just curious about some of your thoughts on this.

Is Adam a literal person? If so, let me try to read this in context.

If Adam is literal, then did he/did he not literally name ALL the animals?

Let me know your outlook on this. Thanx.
I believe Adam is a literal person. Though I do not believe man and dinosaurs co - existed. There is no physical or Biblical evidence to suggest such. Genesis says Adam named the animals, not the dinosaurs.
 
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I believe Adam is a literal person. Though I do not believe man and dinosaurs co - existed. There is no physical or Biblical evidence to suggest such. Genesis says Adam named the animals, not the dinosaurs.

Well, dinosaurs were animals. Better to say he did name the animals, just not those which had already gone extinct.
 
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I believe Adam is a literal person. Though I do not believe man and dinosaurs co - existed. There is no physical or Biblical evidence to suggest such. Genesis says Adam named the animals, not the dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs are animals
 
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I thoguht garden of eden was symbolism...there's no way that story is real...

I mean a talking snake???

And I'm sure if adam stood infront of a t-rex trying to think of a name, none of us would be here today.

Well, I heard it being claimed that T-Rex was herbivore. Before the fall.
 
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But, if you like to, we could start fresh. You do can learn a few more things.

I'm always interested in learning more about Biblical mythology -- where would you like to begin?
 
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