by game masta on September 9th, 2006

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Who came first: the dinosaurs, or Adam and Eve?

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  • by denise on May 24th, 2007

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    That's a damn good question because I don't think Genesis adequately answers it. There are millions of years between the dinosaurs and man - can someone explain it to me?

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    • It is not clear in the bible as to the time line of creation. Some believe in a literal 6 day creation while others believe that God did it all through evolution. Most are somewhere in between these two theories. The bible, however doesn't make it clear.

      unknown

      by unknown on May 24th, 2007

    • Either way, dinosaurs came first. All animals were created before God created man.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on May 24th, 2007

    • Yes, that's what I said in my answer.

      unknown

      by unknown on May 24th, 2007

    • thanks guys, good answers.

      denise

      by denise on May 25th, 2007

    • You're welcome denise.

      unknown

      by unknown on May 25th, 2007

    • That depends on which version of Genesis you're reading, Glenn. Genesis 2:18-22.

      Gideon

      by Gideon on April 4th, 2008

    • "18 ¶ And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
      "19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
      "20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
      "21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
      "22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
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      Gideon, I don't see how this suggests that the animals were created before man. All it is saying is that God brought the animals that He had already created before Adam to be named.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on April 4th, 2008

    • It's all in the interpretation, I guess.

      Gideon

      by Gideon on April 4th, 2008

    • Actually, now that I look at it again, I can see what you were saying. However, I think that I still disagree with your interpretation. I think that mine makes more sense in light of chapter 1. However, neither of us were there when the creation occurred. So, I don't know that there is much point in arguing over this. I think that arguing over inconsequential points like this are precisely what the Savior was referring to when He warned about staining at gnats while trying to swallow a camel.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on April 4th, 2008

    • No arguments. And you're right...we weren't there.

      Gideon

      by Gideon on April 4th, 2008

    • according to the bible, dinosaurs existed during the time of humans

      Slipshod Wombat and Co.

      by Slipshod Wombat and Co. on May 18th, 2008

    • I know that there are some that argue this, but that assertion is a matter of interpretation.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on May 18th, 2008

    • I agree, it's interpretation.

      unknown

      by unknown on May 18th, 2008

    • There's a gap between Gen 1:1 and 1:2, of possibly millions of years. From Genesis 1:2 on is an account of a re-creation of the earth. Read Gen chapter 1 again, but this time understand that the earth had experienced trauma that led to a worldwide flood (a flood before the flood of Noah's time) and darkness, possibly caused by dust. Now, read how God allows the light to penetrate from the sun. That explains how there was light (and evening and morning) before the full exposure of the sun. Dinosaurs existed before Adam and were destroyed in a major catastrophe.

      muckian

      by muckian on October 5th, 2010

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