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Categories: EVIDENCESHow does the Bible explain dinosaurs and all the other prehistoric fossils we have? Isn't evolution the only answer?
Sincerely,
Brontosaurus Or Bust
Dear Brontosaurus Or Bust,
Dinosaurs would have been created on day six like all the other land animals (Gen 1:24-25). They also would have been brought onto Noah’s ark along with the other animal pairs (Gen 6:19). In fact, the book of Job mentions two beasts referred to as the ‘Behemoth’ and the ‘Leviathan’ that sound an awful lot like dinosaurs (Job 40 & 41).
Evolution isn’t the only answer for the dinosaurs’ disappearance; natural extinction is also an answer. The dinosaurs, just like the dodo bird, could have just as easily gone extinct through natural processes after the Flood.
Fossils are also easily explained using the Flood. Fossils are most often formed when things are rapidly buried in mineral-rich sediment. Fossils occur in cataclysmic or catastrophic circumstances. The Noachian Flood is a perfect scenario for the creation of fossils. In fact, there are a great many creation scientists that think that most of the fossils we have today were laid down in the Great Flood. Dinosaurs can easily be explained through the Bible story – a story which does not include evolution.
