From the Goo to the Zoo to You?
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)"...the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7)
Unfortunately, you are probably in a school that pushes the theory of evolution as indisputable fact. What's a human to do? Of course this is nothing to monkey around about- so how are you supposed to respond? Although enough books to fill a zoo have been written on the subject, you probably don't have enough gaps in your time schedule to research even a handful of them. Oftentimes you can feel like you are caged in by arguments from teachers and students. So I'm going to give you one simple and 'appeeling' question to throw at your pro-evolution friends and neighbor. Remember, this could be the missing link to your intellectual survival!
The question is this, "How do you know that to be true?" For example, if your teacher says: "Evolution is not just a theory but fact." you can respond with the question "How do you know that to be true?" His/her response could be, "Well, the fossil record proves it to be true..." At this point you can use the question again by asking "How does the fossil record prove it to be true?"
At this point your teacher may become frustrated because you are pushing him/her to the logical end of the belief system. Your teacher should know that there are no intermediate fossils in the fossil record. So in other words, it's not that there are huge missing links- it's that the whole chain is gone!
Darwin himself said that if evolution was true that there would be thousands upon thousands of these "between species" fossils to prove his theory as fact. There would be countless fossils to prove that a fish turned into a frog and a monkey turned into a man. But in point of fact- there are none, zero, nada!
Now you may be asking yourself,
"What if my teacher turns the question on me?"
I say- bring it on! You have a powerful answer.
You know that creationism is true because God was there (being the only One) and recorded it the Bible in Genesis 1 and 2. The Bible has been proven true based on the tests of history, science and archaeology. It also proves itself true through hundreds upon hundreds of fulfilled prophecies and the resurrection of Christ. It has stood the test of time and scrutiny of countless critics. It stands alone on its own merits.
So next time someone acts like they have a chimp on his/her shoulder- create the question and watch the conversation evolve! You will probably leave them in the dust...
Questions:
- What are some ways you can tactfully use the question above in your Biology class?
- Why don't most public school science teachers accept creation as a possibility?
So where did dinosaurs come into play in the Bible? We have that proof....
ReplyDeleteYes -- and it does. Dinosaurs are one of the most frequently mentioned animals in the Bible. The only thing is, the word dinosaur is not used.
ReplyDeleteThe word "dinosaur" was not invented until 1841. It could not be used by early translators of the Bible. For example, the King James Version translation was completed in 1611, over 200 years before the word "dinosaur" was created.
Is there another word for dinosaur that is used in the Bible?
Yes! Here are a few verses:
"...and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness." - Malachi 1:3 (KJV)
"...they snuffed up the wind like dragons." - Jereniah 14:6 (KJV)
"...and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea." - Isaiah 27:1 (KJV)
The word is dragon. It's interesting to note that people around the world have similar stories about "dragons"... and the descriptions of "dragons" are similar in all cultures... and those descriptions basically match what we think dinosaurs look like.
When the Bible talks about dragons, it is talking about what we now call dinosaurs.
Here's a detailed description from Job 40:15-19
"Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is chief of the ways of God."
What is behemoth?
This is the largest (chief) land animal God made. Some Bible translators have said behemoth may be an elephant or hippopotomus. But both of those have small tails, not a tail that moves like a cedar tree.
The problem is that we limit ourselves to animals that are alive today, and none of those fit this description. What best fits the description is a Brachiosaurus--the largest of the dinosaurs. A dinosaur with a giant tail that was like a cedar, and huge legs that must have had the strength of brass and iron in order to support his enormous body. Brachiosaurus was 75 feet in length, 41 feet in height, and weighed 89 tons--as much as 12 African bull elphants. This was a true behemoth!
Yes, the Bible talks about dinosaurs. They are mentioned in the Bible nearly more times than any other animal.