What is the churches opinion on dinosaurs?

My next door neighbours are devoute christians



One believes dinosaurs are real

The other thinks there is no such thing



I want to hear opinions from crazy bible nuts and people who support the theroy of evolution



Also, dont just say "Dinos arent real they are fake, God bless"

BECOS how do u explain all those bonesWhat is the churches opinion on dinosaurs?
Um, I don't support evolution, nor do I consider myself a "crazy Bible nut". However, I do believe that Dinosaurs existed, the fossil record proves it, and I'm not sure where the religious aspect comes into it.



If it helps, I don't believe the universe/earth was created in 6 literal days, so that gives the dinosaurs a little more time to roam and die out before causing pesky problems like Noah having to herd them on the Ark.
Your neighbor hates my way of life.What is the churches opinion on dinosaurs?
the fact is.....they're extinct....but surely existed
There is no one, single church opinion. Different denominations may believe different things.
My own considered view is that, spiritually speaking, dinosaurs are AWESOME.
I got a pamphlet from Jehovah Witnesses one time saying fossils were buried by Satan to deceive us.
it's a fact dinosaurs existed, if you deny that you're retarded
There is no such thing as THE church. Saying this in your question will get you a sea of different answers because everyone will think that by saying THE church, you are talking about THEIR church.



EDIT: warnick....seriously? I mean, you REALLY think that?!
Those bones were put there by satan to fool us....lol
depends on the church. there are many kinds with different opinions on dinosaurs. my church believes in evolution and so the opinion of my church would be that they evolved and then became extinct. but churches vary in their response to such questions. you clearly need to learn more about the diversity of religions available in the world.
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I was ready to answer until I read ....."BECOS how do u explain all those bones" and realized that a scholarly debate would be impossible. For those of you that care, most Christians believe there were dinosaurs. I am one of them.
Some Christians have not searched the Scriptures as they should and keep the propaganda that they had been taught before being converted.
This "crazy bible nut" does believe that dinosaurs did exist at one time and became extinct...
It all depends on how literally the denomination takes the bible.

Those who take t very literally, as in 7 24hrs day from the moment God started to universe until his day of rest have some very creative explanations.



I've heard:

Satan created the fossils,

God created the fossils so we would have fossil fuels

-in both cases the claim is made dinosaurs never lived

dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time and dinosaurs died out during the flood-there is a creationist museum near me that claims this
Most Christians believe in dinosaurs. Its only the REALLY super nutty ones that think their bones were, "placed by Satan to fool us". I personally think that makes no sense. I mean, if Satan wanted to fool us he could be a little more dramatic about it. XD
First of all, reptiles never stop growing. It's just a simple biological fact that reptiles grow all their life and never stop until the day they die. They'll just keep on growing as long as their lifespan allows them to. In other words, the longer they live, the bigger they grow.



With that in mind, look at the genealogies from Adam to Noah. You'll find that just about everyone back then lived 900 years old, which is about 10 times longer than the average lifespan today. And it wouldn't just be people. It would be plants, animals...the whole ecosystem, including lizards. If lizards lived 10 times longer, and reptiles never stop growing, then you can imagine how big they must have gotten.



Reptiles in the days of Adam and Eve would have been absolutely enormous. Lizards in Noah's day would have been huge. Scientists have found fossilized remains of crocodiles that reached up to 40 to 50 feet in length.



Also, fossilization is caused by flooding. Fossilization is a very rare and unusual occurance, not an everyday event. According to the best available evidence, plants and animals cannot become fossils unless they are buried relatively quickly and deeply in the appropriate materials. What kind of conditions would be most ideal for the kind of massive fossil formations found in the sediments? Creation Scientists believe it would be a violent, global flood catastrophe. Dinosaur remains worldwide are associated with water-laid sediment.



Well, guess what? The Bible talks about a flood like that. And it just so happens that it occurred in the days when reptiles and lizards would have gotten really really big. So the fact that we are digging up gigantic reptiles and lizards up out of the ground, most of which are fully fossilized, does this somehow contradict the Bible? Well, I would say it fits into the Bible just fine.
dinos are false -they are a test of god to see who it strong enough in faith not to believe in all we see