[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
Good thing there weren’t any ocean-dwelling dinosaurs…oh wait…[/quote]
Guess what? Something washed up on shore in California. It sported a twenty foot or so long neck and some witnesses described a number of legs on the creature. This was in 1925.
Same thing in 1977 in New Zealand, Mexico in 1969, and another in Nova Scotia.
These creatures from the ocean had long necks. What fish has a neck?
More pictures here. I can understand you don’t want anything to interfere with what your young minds have been filled with by 21st century educators:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_misterioevolucion_2.htm
The Bible mentions two dinosaurs by name and describes them in great detail. “Behemoth” (Job 40:15-24) and “Leviathan” (Job 41:1-34) From the description found in Job, scientists have attempted to identify these animals. They believe “Behemoth” is a Hippo and “Leviathan” is a Crocodile.
But these scientists limited their choices to non-extinct species and did not consider the possibility of dinosaurs because man and dinosaur never coexisted. Really? Even in my own personal Bible a footnote suggests these two animals were a hippo and a crock. But there are some obvious reasons why this conclusion is wrong.
First, “Behemoth” cannot be a Hippo because of Job 40:17 “He bends his tail like a cedar”. A hippo has a short tail like a pig. Behemoth, had a large tail shaped like a cedar tree (large and tapered). I believe a better choice is that Behemoth is a Brachiosaurus type of large land dwelling dinosaur. It fits the description perfect.
Second, “Leviathan” cannot be a Crocodile but is probably a Elasmosaurus type of large water-dwelling dinosaur. Here is what Job 41 says with my comments in brackets, "v9 you be laid low even at the sight of him? (This was a large animal) v10 No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; v25 When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; (crocs don’t raise up at all but are always low)
Because of the crashing they are bewildered. v26 (This animal was large! This animal made seismic thunder as it walked. You know…that slow, low, terrifying thud that Jurassic park portrayed so well) v26 The sword that reaches him cannot avail; (crocs are quite easy to kill with a good spear) Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin. (Croc wrestling is a sport, the croc usually looses) v31 He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. v32 Behind him he makes a wake to shine; (crocs make little wake if any) v34 He looks on everything that is high" (again it was a tall animal with a long neck).
What is significant about this is that if “Behemoth” and “Leviathan” are dinosaurs, then is it crystal clear that Job had either seen them personally, or there was a recent memory of them. This of course flies in the face of current evolutionary theory.
P.S.
I am the least qualified person to be defending God’s creation vs man’s theory of evolution and affirm this. Knowing He does not need my help I am not worthy to be looked upon or even described as a Christian.
I am a sinful man with sinful ways and sinful thoughts. They escape my tongue often. I will strive to do better knowing I am but a man.
