Bible Question:
I was reading on another web site where someone asked the questions about dinosaurs. And the answer was they were before Adam and Eve and they gave Gen 1 :1,2. I was told years ago that there was life before Adam and Eve (Dinosaurs) when God created man in his own image Gen 1:27 then in Gen 1:28 he said be fruitful and multiply and REPLENISH the earth. I was told that God wanted to redo it over again. I know that everyone have there own translation of the bible, could anyone give me there thoughts on replensih and do you believe that life was before Adam and Eve? Science states that Dinosaurs are millions of millions years old and we know after Christ it is 2004 years. Be bless and thanks in advance for all your input. |
Bible Answer: It's amazing what people will do to twist the clear meaning (of the Hebrew words) of the Bible in order to support man-based ideas. The person who gave you this other theory evidently views man's ideas (often wrong due to lack of complete information) as more accurate than God's written word (who was there and promises throughout the Bible that the Bible is true and will remain so). First, the belief in long ages (i.e. the universe began billions of years ago) is based on a faulty interpretation of data. It is based on radiometric dating "dates," which are based on faulty assumptions. (Note: dinosaur bones are dated by this faulty method.) More than 90 percent of _scientific_ dating methods give a MAXIMUM age for the universe in the millions and some of those methods further restrict the age down less than 10,000 years. On a purely scientific basis, a young universe is just as valid (actually, more so) than a billions-of-years-old universe. The Dinosaur Explanation based on the Bible and supported by science is: God created sea and air dinosaurs on literal day 5 (i.e. 96-120 hours away from the beginning of time). Land dinosaurs were created on literal day 6. (Note: The word in Gen 1:28 is actually "fill" with no connotation of "filling again." KJV uses "replenish," though, since replenish used to include "filling for the first time.") Young (therefore smaller) dinosaurs were included on Noah's Ark. The dinosaur bones we see today were the dinosaurs killed and buried in the world-wide Flood. After the Flood, the climate had changed and most to all dinosaurs have gone extinct (slowly, like animals go extinct in modern times) since the Flood. For a more complete answer, I'd suggest going to www.answersingenesis.org and viewing the FAQ section on dinosaurs. |