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<blockquote data-quote="Sinai" data-source="post: 158802" data-attributes="member: 1828"><p><strong>If you are interested in the major theories that have been advanced regarding the age of the universe and how that may or may not relate to the "days" of the Genesis account of creation, I suggest that you go to the thread that deals with that question <a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9504" target="_blank"> (click here)</a>.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>By the way, as to your question about whether the Bible mentions dinosaurs: It can be at least argued that it refers to them....but not necessarily at the places I've seen discussed on these threads. Those typically use some passages in Job that are dubious (based on the Hebrew usage) at best. A better place is in Genesis 1:21, where we are told that on day five God created various forms of animal life. Among the categories of animals listed is one named <em>hattanninim haggedholim. Haggedholim </em> is generally translated as "the great" or "the big." You'll find various translations for <em>hattanninim</em>, including creatures, alligators, monsters, whales, and even dragons. But <em>tanninim</em> is the plural of <em>taneen</em>, which is most commonly translated to mean "reptile." Thus, it can probably be argued that Genesis 1:21 refers to the <em>big or great reptiles</em>--and the biggest reptiles of all were the dinosaurs. It might also be noted that our term "dinosaur" was not coined for several thousand years after Genesis was written.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinai, post: 158802, member: 1828"] [b]If you are interested in the major theories that have been advanced regarding the age of the universe and how that may or may not relate to the "days" of the Genesis account of creation, I suggest that you go to the thread that deals with that question [url=http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9504] (click here)[/url]. By the way, as to your question about whether the Bible mentions dinosaurs: It can be at least argued that it refers to them....but not necessarily at the places I've seen discussed on these threads. Those typically use some passages in Job that are dubious (based on the Hebrew usage) at best. A better place is in Genesis 1:21, where we are told that on day five God created various forms of animal life. Among the categories of animals listed is one named [i]hattanninim haggedholim. Haggedholim [/i] is generally translated as "the great" or "the big." You'll find various translations for [i]hattanninim[/i], including creatures, alligators, monsters, whales, and even dragons. But [i]tanninim[/i] is the plural of [i]taneen[/i], which is most commonly translated to mean "reptile." Thus, it can probably be argued that Genesis 1:21 refers to the [i]big or great reptiles[/i]--and the biggest reptiles of all were the dinosaurs. It might also be noted that our term "dinosaur" was not coined for several thousand years after Genesis was written.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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