Dinosaurs on the Ark: How It Was Possible

[Frank Robert]

From Answers in Genisis

How dinosaurs lived with man, how they were preserved on Noah’s ark—likely as juveniles—and what happened to dinosaurs after the flood
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The Dinosaur "Hurdle"

But the biggest hurdle people have when they see any of our displays of the ark (or visit the Ark Encounter) is seeing dinosaurs depicted on the ark (or in stalls in the Ark Encounter). Due to evolutionary indoctrination, many people can't picture man living alongside dinosaurs, or if they do, they think of the Jurassic Park/World movies and view all dinosaurs as wanting to trample or eat people. Even if they overcome or set aside this stumbling block, we still get questions of how dinosaurs could even fit on the ark, particularly when considering the massive dinosaurs, especially the sauropods. Other oft-cited "problems" with dinosaurs on the ark are feeding the herbivores the massive amounts of vegetation that the adults eat, feeding the carnivorous ones (and avoiding being eaten by them), and cleaning up after them.

It makes more sense to think that God would have sent to Noah juveniles (or sub-adults) or smaller varieties within the same kind.​

Crunching the Numbers

Noah also did not have to bring marine animals, bacteria, fungi, or plants (except as possible food sources) and many (if any) insects onto the ark.​

But How Could Noah Care for the Dinosaurs on the Ark?

We need to keep in mind that Noah was a very intelligent man and was obeying God’s commands by faith (Hebrews 11:7). And it was God’s desire that the animals on the ark were well cared for and able to disembark healthy and repopulate the new world.​

Dinosaurs Were on the Ark and Dinosaurs Came off the Ark
The evolutionary story is that dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago, long before humans evolved. But Scripture tells a quite different account.

 

[trophy33]

Dinosaurs Were on the Ark and Dinosaurs Came off the Ark
The evolutionary story is that dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago, long before humans evolved. But Scripture tells a quite different account.

So, where are they?

 

[ViaCrucis]

Assuming a literal Noah existed, Noah would have lived over 65 millions years after the non-avian dinosaurs all went extinct. The only dinosaurs that would have been around in Noah's time are the same kinds of dinosaurs we have today: birds.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[CuriousPagan]

I mean, this is one of those things I want to be true because I've been mad I can't own a pet pterodactyl since I was five.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Just... no.

 

[ViaCrucis]

I mean, this is one of those things I want to be true because I've been mad I can't own a pet pterodactyl since I was five.

The bad news is that all the pterosaurs are gone, the good news is that you can still own a pet dinosaur. I had one when I was around 11 or 12 years old, his name was Kiwi, and he was an adorable little parakeet/budgie.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ewq1938]

The Ark wasn't big enough to include any dinosaurs, not that any were alive at the time of the flood. It wasn't big enough to hold all the types of animals in the world either. He only took local animals that would be needed to rebuild a small community of farming etc.

From Answers in Genisis

How dinosaurs lived with man, how they were preserved on Noah’s ark—likely as juveniles—and what happened to dinosaurs after the flood
​

The Dinosaur "Hurdle"

But the biggest hurdle people have when they see any of our displays of the ark (or visit the Ark Encounter) is seeing dinosaurs depicted on the ark (or in stalls in the Ark Encounter). Due to evolutionary indoctrination, many people can't picture man living alongside dinosaurs, or if they do, they think of the Jurassic Park/World movies and view all dinosaurs as wanting to trample or eat people. Even if they overcome or set aside this stumbling block, we still get questions of how dinosaurs could even fit on the ark, particularly when considering the massive dinosaurs, especially the sauropods. Other oft-cited "problems" with dinosaurs on the ark are feeding the herbivores the massive amounts of vegetation that the adults eat, feeding the carnivorous ones (and avoiding being eaten by them), and cleaning up after them.

It makes more sense to think that God would have sent to Noah juveniles (or sub-adults) or smaller varieties within the same kind.​

Crunching the Numbers

Noah also did not have to bring marine animals, bacteria, fungi, or plants (except as possible food sources) and many (if any) insects onto the ark.​

But How Could Noah Care for the Dinosaurs on the Ark?

We need to keep in mind that Noah was a very intelligent man and was obeying God’s commands by faith (Hebrews 11:7). And it was God’s desire that the animals on the ark were well cared for and able to disembark healthy and repopulate the new world.​

Dinosaurs Were on the Ark and Dinosaurs Came off the Ark
The evolutionary story is that dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago, long before humans evolved. But Scripture tells a quite different account.

 

[AV1611VET]

Dinosaurs on the Ark: How It Was Possible?

It's simple.

One possible way is that the Ark was bigger on the inside than it was on the outside.

I believe scientists recognize eleven (or fourteen?) dimensions of space; not just the three we're accustomed to.

 

[AV1611VET]

So, where are they?

They went extinct.

 

[AV1611VET]

Assuming a literal Noah existed, Noah would have lived over 65 millions years after the non-avian dinosaurs all went extinct. The only dinosaurs that would have been around in Noah's time are the same kinds of dinosaurs we have today: birds.

Why does Job (Jobab of Genesis 10), who lived long after the Flood, mention them?

 

[renniks]

From Answers in Genisis

How dinosaurs lived with man, how they were preserved on Noah’s ark—likely as juveniles—and what happened to dinosaurs after the flood
​

The Dinosaur "Hurdle"

But the biggest hurdle people have when they see any of our displays of the ark (or visit the Ark Encounter) is seeing dinosaurs depicted on the ark (or in stalls in the Ark Encounter). Due to evolutionary indoctrination, many people can't picture man living alongside dinosaurs, or if they do, they think of the Jurassic Park/World movies and view all dinosaurs as wanting to trample or eat people. Even if they overcome or set aside this stumbling block, we still get questions of how dinosaurs could even fit on the ark, particularly when considering the massive dinosaurs, especially the sauropods. Other oft-cited "problems" with dinosaurs on the ark are feeding the herbivores the massive amounts of vegetation that the adults eat, feeding the carnivorous ones (and avoiding being eaten by them), and cleaning up after them.

It makes more sense to think that God would have sent to Noah juveniles (or sub-adults) or smaller varieties within the same kind.​

Crunching the Numbers

Noah also did not have to bring marine animals, bacteria, fungi, or plants (except as possible food sources) and many (if any) insects onto the ark.​

But How Could Noah Care for the Dinosaurs on the Ark?

We need to keep in mind that Noah was a very intelligent man and was obeying God’s commands by faith (Hebrews 11:7). And it was God’s desire that the animals on the ark were well cared for and able to disembark healthy and repopulate the new world.​

Dinosaurs Were on the Ark and Dinosaurs Came off the Ark
The evolutionary story is that dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago, long before humans evolved. But Scripture tells a quite different account.

You have a problem with this but you think you know what was happening 14 billion years ago? Ever think your faith might be displaced?

 

[Speedwell]

Why does Job (Jobab of Genesis 10), who lived long after the Flood, mention them?

You mean Behemoth? Sorry, Behemoth is already accounted for--not a dinosaur.

 

[AV1611VET]

You mean Behemoth? Sorry, Behemoth is already accounted for--not a dinosaur.

As well as satyrs, dragons, leviathans, and unicorns?

 

[Ponderous Curmudgeon]

You have a problem with this but you think you know what was happening 14 billion years ago? Ever think your faith might be displaced?

Yes, because one is a result of what we can actually see (light emitted ~14 billion years ago) and consistent with all that we have seen since. The other, is inconsistent with all of the evidence and understanding we have come to. We also know that man has an imagination and a desire to explain to himself where he came from. This understanding of the age and history of the universe may not be perfect, but it makes a lot more sense than believing literally stories told by ancients about cosmology.

 

[Speedwell]

As well as satyrs, dragons, leviathans, and unicorns?

Mixed traditions. Behemoth, along with Leviathan and Ziz were three legendary creatures specific to Hebrew folklore.

 

[renniks]

Yes, because one is a result of what we can actually see (light emitted ~14 billion years ago) and consistent with all that we have seen since. The other, is inconsistent with all of the evidence and understanding we have come to. We also know that man has an imagination and a desire to explain to himself where he came from. This understanding of the age and history of the universe may not be perfect, but it makes a lot more sense than believing literally stories told by ancients about cosmology.

I understand that for atheists. I don't understand how a believer can just pick what miracles he wants to think are true. To be a Christian you have to believe in the resurrection of a dead man. But you are going to balk at God keeping animals alive on a boat?

 

[Speedwell]

I understand that for atheists. I don't understand how a believer can just pick what miracles he wants to think are true. To be a Christian you have to believe in the resurrection of a dead man. But you are going to balk at God keeping animals alive on a boat?

Well if you want to make a miracle of it, that's a different thing altogether.

 

[renniks]

Well if you want to make a miracle of it, that's a different thing altogether.

How could it not be a miracle? Do wild animals normally all line up in pairs to get on a ship?

 

[Speedwell]

How could it not be a miracle? Do wild animals normally all line up in pairs to get on a ship?

It doesn't matter,. If you deem the Flood to be a miracle then any claim you want to make about it will be unfalsifiable.

 

[AV1611VET]

Mixed traditions. Behemoth, along with Leviathan and Ziz were three legendary creatures specific to Hebrew folklore.

Job wasn't a Hebrew.

The Hebrews came later.