Question? DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT DINOSAURS? Some believe the existence of dinosaurs poses a real problem for those that accept the Bible as the inspired word of God. This is really a case of an imaginary problem. There is no doubt that dinosaurs did exist. The real question is not "Did the dinosaurs exist?". The question is "When did the dinosaurs exist?". Therein lies the controversy. Informed Bible students are aware of the plain and simple teaching of the Bible on creation of all life forms--including the dinosaurs. Ex. 20:11: "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them...". If God created everything in six days, then everything was created was created in those six days. Conclusion: dinosaurs and men lived as contemporaries on the earth! Dinosaurs and men lived at the same time. There is no other conclusion that can be drawn if one respects the verbally inspired word of God. God said it; that settles it. Those who make accept the unproved theory of evolution insist that dinosaurs existed 200 million years before man. This will not square with Mk. 10:6; Rom. 1:20. (That they became extince 65-70 million years ago. Man allegedly evolved only 2-3 mil. yrs ago, and was thus separated from the dinosaurs by approximately 65 mil. yrs. of geologic time. In most public school, college, and university settings, when dinosaurs are discussed, it is in the context of their evolutionary origin, development, and extinction. Students are told that these animals evolved from some ancient reptile into what we now know as birds. In such a setting, it is commonplace to use the dinosaurs to instructi simultaneously on the ancient nature of the Earth and/or Universe. Because alomost all youngsters have a fascination with dinosaurs, and because teachers are among the most trusted of all adults, children often accept without question evolutionary dogma and its accompanying concept of an ancient earth. But does the Bible speak of dinosaurs? The answer is yes. Consider Job 40:15-24 (see NIV). What is the "behemoth" creature? He "moveth his tail like a cedar." This speaks of a massive, long tail. Did you ever see the tails of either the elephant or the hippo? These have a short, slim tail. A hippo weighs 4 tons. Some have argued that it is an elephant or hippopotamus. But the text says he is the "chief (largest) of the ways of God." Hippos at full size are 7 ft. high. Elephants were twice as tall, but still dwarfed by dinosaurs that reached heights of up to 3 stories and weights of over 90 tons. (Brachiosaurus stood over 3 1/2 stories tall, and weighted over 90 tons). But what about the fossils? Don't they prove that dinosaurs lived from 200 million to 65 million years ago, becoming extinct long before man ever came of the scene? The truth is that science bears out that the Bible is correct and evolution is wrong. Man and the dinosaurs lived at the same time. In the Paluxy River bed near Glen Rose, Texas, SW of Forth Worth.: dinosaur tracks were discovered in the same stratum as human footprints. In recent years, scientists working with bulldozers in the area (to remove large overlying sediments) have discovered even more dinosaur and human tracks. Dr. Roland T. Bird, paleontologist wit the American Museum of Natural History in New York, went to Glen Rose to investigate the tracks. Dr. Bird authored an article entitled, "Thunder in His Footsteps" in which he discussed the Glen Rose finds. He was not a creationist, and did not like the implications of his find, once telling Mrs. Elsie McFall (a resident of the area at that time) that if he were to acknowledge the presence of man tracks in Cretaceous strata, all the textbooks would have to be rewritten. Nevertheless, Dr. Bird was honest enough to state concerning the tracks: "Yes, they apparently were real enough. Real as rock could bee...the strangest things of their kind I had ever seen. On the surface of each was splayed the near-likeness of a human foot, perfect in every detail." The tracks were widely distributed. Strings of from 15 to 23 right-left tracks have been uncovered. What happened to them. There is compelling evidence to indicate that the pre-Flood world was much different thant the post-flood world. Many creation scientists believe that the dinosaurs survived for a time after the flood, but because of the hostile conditions, eventually became extinct. Conclu: Contrary to popular opinions, dinosaurs do not present a "problem" to creationists. In fact, just the opposite is true. It is the evolutionists who have the problem. (Source: Reason and Revelation)