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Question, what does the Bible say about dinosaurs? Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? In this video we'll see what the Bible has to say, and afterwards

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I point you to some helpful resources, so stick around to the end. The topic of dinosaurs in the

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Bible is part of a larger ongoing debate within the Christian community over the age of the earth, the proper interpretation of Genesis, and how to interpret the physical evidences we find all around us.

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Those who believe in an older age for the earth tend to agree that the Bible does not mention dinosaurs because, according to their paradigm, dinosaurs died out millions of years before the first man ever walked the earth.

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The men who wrote the Bible could not have seen living dinosaurs. Those who believe in a younger age for the earth tend to agree that the

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Bible does mention dinosaurs, although it never actually uses the word dinosaur. Instead, it uses the Hebrew word ta 'in, which is translated a few different ways in our

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English Bibles. Sometimes it's sea monster, and sometimes it's serpent. It's most commonly translated dragon.

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The ta 'in appear to have been some sort of giant reptile. These creatures are mentioned nearly 30 times in the

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Old Testament and were found both on land and in water. In addition to mentioning these giant reptiles, the

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Bible describes a couple of creatures in such a way that scholars believe that the writers may have been describing dinosaurs.

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The behemoth is said to be the mightiest of all of God's creatures, a giant whose tail is likened to a cedar tree.

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Some scholars have tried to identify the behemoth as either an elephant or a hippopotamus. Others point out that elephants and hippopotamuses have very thin tails, nothing comparable to a cedar tree.

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Dinosaurs like the Brachiosaurus and the Diplodocus, on the other hand, had huge tails, which could easily be compared to a cedar tree.

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Nearly every ancient civilization has some sort of art depicting giant reptilian creatures. Petroglyphs, artifacts, and even little clay figurines found in North America resemble modern depictions of dinosaurs.

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Rock carvings in South America depict men riding Diplodocus -like creatures and amazingly bear the familiar images of Triceratops -like,

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Pterodactyl -like, and Tyrannosaurus -Rex -like creatures. Roman mosaics, Mayan pottery, Babylonian city walls all testify to man's transcultural, geographically unbounded fascination with these creatures.

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Somber accounts like those of Marco Polo's Emilioni mingle with fantastic tales of treasure -hoarding beasts.

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In addition to the substantial amount of anthropic and historical evidences for the coexistence of dinosaurs and man, there are physical evidences, like the fossilized footprints of humans and dinosaurs found together in North America and West Central Asia.

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So are there dinosaurs in the Bible? The matter is far from settled. It depends on how you interpret the available evidences and how you view the world around you.

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If the Bible is interpreted literally, a Young Earth interpretation will resolve, and the idea that dinosaurs and man coexisted can be accepted.

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If dinosaurs and human beings coexisted, what happened to the dinosaurs? While the Bible does not discuss the issue, dinosaurs likely died out sometime after the

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Flood due to a combination of dramatic environmental shifts and the fact that they were relentlessly hunted to extinction by man.

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