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Dinosaurs & The Missing Link

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lucaspa

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Rkonfire, there seems to be a virus in your post, so I can't do quote. The quote you are referring to is from 2 Timothy 3:16 -- one of Paul's letters. It's ironic that you use Paul because Paul in I Corinthians 7 makes it very clear that it is only Paul writing that chapter, not an inspiration from God. Mark 10 and Matthew 14 have Jesus saying that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, and that Moses got the laws on divorce wrong!

The verse by Paul is clear that "God-breathed" means "inspired", not directly written by God. Paul is writing about the OT, since the NT didn't exist then. Paul is saying that the OT is useful in teaching about Jesus even tho the OT never mentions Jesus by name.
 
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LilAngelHeart said:
Okay, for those who believe in evolution what do you think of this:
In 1997 a research team concluded that the mitochondrail DNA of a Neanderthal was so distinctly different from our own, that it is highly unlikely that humans evolved from them through evolution alone.(There's no such thing as evolution in humans)
Oh, there's evolution in humans. It's just that neandertals are our siblings, not our ancestors. Both neandertals and sapiens come from H. erectus. We have transitional individuals connecting erectus to neandertals and erectus to sapiens (us).

Strangly enough, it's a little-known fact that several archaeological digs have produced skeletons of ancient men and women over 7 feet tall. There has also been excavations of unknown humanoid cultures that indicate a stature smaller than any known pigmy tribes. Some digs have uncovered -giants with two rows of teeth. Some have also been found with sharply slanted foreheads and fangs, and one particular burial mound revealed remains of a humanoid with horns protruding out of the skull. This immediately causes ones mind to conjure up images of devils and demons.
I notice no sources for any of this. Where did you find the information?

Ernesto Abbate, an Italian paleontologist, believes that perhaps as many as 20 different species of human-like creatures have existed over the last 5 million years.
So does Tattersall. Evolution is like a bush. Lots of branches. Tell me, how does creationism account for all these species? Genesis 5 talks about individuals derived from matings of "heavenly beings" and human women, but not about whole populations.

There are skulls in a museum in Cusco, Peru, that have yet to be explained. One is a cone-head shaped skull. Another is a huge, round skull with enormous eye sockets. Then there is a skull that appears to have a double hemisphere, with the capacity for a double sized brain. A possibly 400 million year old shoe print was discovered in Pershing County, Nevada. The fossil even clearly showed what looked like fine double-stitching in the seams. Some have speculated about the possibility of time-travel as an answer to some of these mysteries.
Ah, I found your source. It is http://www.bright.net/~phobia/visitation.htm Interestingly, the title of the site is "A History of Alien Visitation"! Not much evidence for creationism there, is there? Also, notice that we haven't got any reference for any of this. No scholarship. As I do a Google search on 'human skull Cusco Peru' I get lots of hits on normal human skulls and some carvings, but nothing to back this. It's easy to make assertions, LilAngelHeart, but that doesn't mean all assertions are true. Do you think humans have been visited by aliens and the skulls are of aliens? That's what the site thinks. Do you accept that?

From the website you quoted:
"It is said by some that about 6000 years ago, the Sumerians of Ancient Mesopotamia went from a primitive tribespeople barely living in very crude huts, to an advanced culture with homes, temples, towers, etc...virtually overnight. This is said to be in response to the arrival of the Apkallu who descended in a star. The leader was called Oannes, the "beast with reason". He was said to have resembled a fish-like humanoid and is credited for bringing civilization to the Sumerians and Babylonians."
How about it? Is God merely an ET with a high level of technology?

Also, Then there's also, the "discovery" of the oldest known mummy in North America. The mummy, named the Spirit Cave man, was found on the shelves of the Nevada State Museum. Discovered in Nevada in 1940 it was originally thought to be 2000 years old. Recent radiocarbon dating has pushed its age back to 9,400 years (7,400 BC).
So? The land bridge between Siberia and N. America (Beringia) was open about 12,000 years ago.

Also we know that heavenly beings are capable of living outside time because time only exists outside heaven, under heaven, and lucifer was from Heaven before he got kicked out, so who's to say that he is limited by time?
How do you know any of this? You claim it. But you haven't given us any evidence that would convince us this is "knowlegdge". Neither Biblical nor from God's Creation.
 
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glide_si said:
Hi I am a dinosaur and I happen to have several Sasquatch friends (including an abominal snowman) and we find this thread extremely offensive.

Thank You.
Shh... you aren't supposed to be here. This is a Christian and Theropod-only forum.
 
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I just read that the bible says God did create dinosaurs.... I am reading Genesis for the first time and I'm a little confused about where Adam and Eve fit into anthropology. Can anyone direct me to an FAQ on this?

I do not have permission to post a link so I am pasting this....

The Bible's best description of a dinosaur-like animal is in Job chapter 40...
  • "Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feed on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron. He ranks first among the works of God..."
    -Job 40:15-19 (NIV)
I'm sorry if I'm not allowed to post here but this was the thread that came up in my search for answers.... so I thought I would contribute. :o
 
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Susana... it's so funny that you gave me that link because I had been surfing that website earlier! (googled it!) I began to read many of the subjects they provided but I couldn't wrap my brain around piecing it all together.... I will give it another look in a few! :) Thanks!
 
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Take it with a pinch of salt. Answers in Genesis is about as rigorous and reliable as a Reliant Robin with no engine after a collision with an Artic.

The Behemoth is not a dinosaur. Those who would read in nonsense like this into Scripture need to think harder.

Dinosaurs are not in Scripture because they died out 65 million years before man walked the earth. It's simple enough!
 
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