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Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Animals and the Genesis Account

Key Verses Genesis 1:21, 25; Proverbs 18:17; Genesis 7:11, 12, 19
Time Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic (Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous)
Appearance Dinosaurs appeared suddenly and disappeared suddenly

Learning Point

  • The Bible’s creation account has people divided on how we should view animals such as dinosaurs and those living in the prehistoric times. Understanding what the bible says can be viewed along with what science knows is important for us as we learn more about history and science.
  • Overview
  • Frozen Mammoth
Dinosaurs v Bible
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Frozen Mammoth
Andrew Butko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Fun Facts

  • “Their relatively sudden appearance and disappearance contradicts the commonly accepted view of slow evolution.” – Awake!, February 8 pp. 3-11
  • There are many competing ideas among scientists on how and why dinosaurs died out.
  • There are many things that can affect carbon-14 dating, making it inconsistent.
  • The six creative days may have overlapped, and dinosaurs would have easily been fed by the abundant vegetation on earth at that time.