Taming the
T-rex
…And other
dinosaurs
CHALLENGING EARTH HISTORY: Part IV
The Biblical Questions +
Elaine Kennedy, Ph.D.
Geoscience Research Institute
http://www.grisda.org
Does the Bible
Talk About
Dinosaurs?
Job 41:8,15, 29, 31
• If you lay a hand on him [leviathan],
you will remember the struggle….
• His back has rows of shields tightly sealed
together….
• A club seems to him like a piece of straw;
he laughs at the rattling of the lance….
• He makes the depths churn…
and stirs up the sea….
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Job 40:15, 17, 21
• Look at the behemoth…
which feeds on grass like an ox.
• His tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.
• Under the lotus plant he lies,
hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
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Were
Humans & Dinosaurs
Living Together?
What Are Some of The
Questions Christians have
about Dinosaurs?
Weren’t Dinosaurs too Big for the
Ark?
One Christian author says:
Soon after the flood the race began to rapidly
decrease in size, and in length of years. There was a
class of very large animals which perished at the flood.
God knew that the strength of man would decrease,
and these mammoth animals could not be controlled by
feeble man.
EGW: 4A SG 121
Weren’t Dinosaurs too Big for the
Ark?
As we have seen, ½ the families of dinosaurs
were smaller than an adult giraffe. So there
is no reason to think that they might not be
on the Ark.
Perhaps the author is talking about the large
mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, etc.
that went extinct during the Flood. The
extinction of large animals seems to be a
consistent trend in the fossil record.
Were Dinosaurs
Amalgamations?
One Christian author says:
Every species of animals which God
had created was preserved in the ark.
The confused species which God did not create,
which were the result of amalgamation,
were destroyed by the flood.
EGW: 1SP 78
Were Dinosaurs Amalgamations?
This author specifies that amalgamated
species were considered “confused
species.” There is nothing confusing
about dinosaurs. Their bone structure
is distinctive, their skeletal features
are distinctive and when the data is
studied, dinosaurs are a clearly defined
group of animals.
Part IV: Summary
• What does the Bible say about dinosaurs?
– Job 40 (large herbivore, probably low to
the ground, probably not a dinosaur)
– Job 41 (marine creature, not a dinosaur)
• What are some of the other questions
about dinosaurs?
– 4A SG 121 (large animals, not just
dinosaurs)
– 1 SP 78 (amalgamated, probably not
dinosaurs)