Post by Haydena on Jun 20, 2007 13:21:35 GMT
Argument: Numerous young earth creationists claim that dragons were dinosaurs
Source: Ken Ham, The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved!, Page 34-37; Kent Hovind (numerous references)
Response:
There is no evidence to suggest that dragons were real
There is no need for a mythical "dragon" to be based on a real living creature during mankind's history. For instance, the Chinese culture is full of dragon images. These probably are the result of the numerous dinosaur fossils which are in China. Thousands of years ago, when uneducated Chinese people found them, they imagined great beasts and fabricated tales about them for their children
Dinosaurs were extinct 65 million years before mankind invented dragons
Argument: Many YECs claim that dinosaurs breathed fire. This is based on Leviathan in Job 41:19-21, which says "Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth."
Source: Gish, Duane T., 1977. Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards. El Cajon, CA: Master Book, pp. 51-55.
Response:
No dinosaurs have ever been discovered that have features adapted for breathing fire
This is referring to Leviathan, which YECs claim was a plesiosaur. Since plesiosaurs lived underwater, what good was breathing fire?
Many beasts in ancient literature breathed fire, such as snakes, horses, and bulls. God was probably speaking figuratively
The only way to take leviathan literally, which young earth creationists try to do, is to say it was an angelic being, similar to seraphim.
I found these, I just wondered what you guys thought of these. They tend to sort of disprove the theory of dragons though, I was just curious.
Source: Ken Ham, The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved!, Page 34-37; Kent Hovind (numerous references)
Response:
There is no evidence to suggest that dragons were real
There is no need for a mythical "dragon" to be based on a real living creature during mankind's history. For instance, the Chinese culture is full of dragon images. These probably are the result of the numerous dinosaur fossils which are in China. Thousands of years ago, when uneducated Chinese people found them, they imagined great beasts and fabricated tales about them for their children
Dinosaurs were extinct 65 million years before mankind invented dragons
Argument: Many YECs claim that dinosaurs breathed fire. This is based on Leviathan in Job 41:19-21, which says "Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth."
Source: Gish, Duane T., 1977. Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards. El Cajon, CA: Master Book, pp. 51-55.
Response:
No dinosaurs have ever been discovered that have features adapted for breathing fire
This is referring to Leviathan, which YECs claim was a plesiosaur. Since plesiosaurs lived underwater, what good was breathing fire?
Many beasts in ancient literature breathed fire, such as snakes, horses, and bulls. God was probably speaking figuratively
The only way to take leviathan literally, which young earth creationists try to do, is to say it was an angelic being, similar to seraphim.
I found these, I just wondered what you guys thought of these. They tend to sort of disprove the theory of dragons though, I was just curious.