Do some Christians not believe in dinosaurs?

[idoinjuly]

Pardon me if this is a dumb question. My FIL is Southern Baptist. On more than one occasion, we've talked about dinosaurs (whether it be a display at the museum or talking about a park where dinosaur prints are in a town called Glen Rose nearby), and he's casually said that it's all fake. I don't have a desire to press him further because he gets off on tangents that I can't keep up with.

[luckyval]

From what I understand, yes, there are some people that believe the whole dinosaur thing is a hoax

[Deleted]

Lol I have no clue. But I just find it funny to not believe in dinosaurs. For what it's worth, I grew up southern baptist and they never mentioned it.

[Deleted]

That is so weird.

I'm Southern Baptist...dinosaurs haven't ever come up. We do go to a pretty liberal church though.

[bonquiqui]

For some reason this makes me lol


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[rugbywife]

Yes, yes there are, because there are Christians who believe that the earth is actually only 6000 years old (or 7000, or whatever it is based on using the bible alone).

Other believe that the 'days' referred to in Genesis didn't have to present 24-hour periods and therefore the earth doesn't have to be that young and therefore dinosaurs could have existed.

I am sure there are other versions of this, this is just what I *know*.

[amberatkins]

Yes, my FIL doesn't believe in dinosaurs. When we try to ask him about it and how he explains all the fossils and dinosaur bones and stuff, he gets pissy and won't discuss.

[poppyseed]

Yes. I grew up Southern Baptist. Some of them just believe that dinosaurs lead into the whole evolution vs. creation theory, and think it isn't real.

[idoinjuly]

He got in an argument with my SIL about evolution one Christmas. He said "I don't come from no monkey". He's really a sweet guy, but so weird when it comes to religion. My theory is that he's got social anxiety and the one topic that he can get passionate about is religion, so he just spews religion when he doesn't know how to contribute to a conversation

[hisno1girl]

Jan 4, 2013 9:03:15 GMT -5 idoinjuly said:

Pardon me if this is a dumb question. My FIL is Southern Baptist. On more than one occasion, we've talked about dinosaurs (whether it be a display at the museum or talking about a park where dinosaur prints are in a town called Glen Rose nearby), and he's casually said that it's all fake. I don't have a desire to press him further because he gets off on tangents that I can't keep up with.

Maybe he's saying he thinks evolution is fake, so dinosaurs=evolution=fake to him?

[Deleted]

I had a friend in college who believed that fossils were placed on earth by the devil to trick us in to believing in evolution.

[ElizabethBennet]

There are some that do and some that don't. Some believe the dinosaurs existed along with humans because of mentions of the behemoth and leviathan in the Bible.

I personally believe in theistic evolution so I believe dinosaurs existed before humans.

[Deleted]

Jan 4, 2013 9:10:12 GMT -5 @feinicstine said:

I had a friend in college who believed that fossils were placed on earth by the devil to trick us in to believing in evolution.

I kinda wish I knew someone who believed this. This is funny to me.

[hisno1girl]

Jan 4, 2013 9:10:12 GMT -5 @feinicstine said:

I had a friend in college who believed that fossils were placed on earth by the devil to trick us in to believing in evolution.

LOL.

Oh, yeah, SURE, like Satan has time for that! He's too busy buying souls, making people do bad things and dancing in the pale moonlight.

[pugz]

I've met quite a few. Often they are young earth creationists that subscribe to a very very literal interpretation of the Bible.

Some believe dinos were wiped out in the flood
Some believe baby dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark

[Deleted]

Yes. I also had a church try to tell me that the devil planted fossils on the earth to try and sway Christians away from the truth of creationism. I was completely baffled.

[candreco]

Yes, there are Christians who do not believe in dinosaurs, evolution, etc. Some denominations are more likely to go that direction, but as far as I know there aren't any mainstream ones that do. The tend to be small offshoots of a bigger one.

The majority of Christians do believe in, you know, SCIENCE though.

[kelle017]

Jan 4, 2013 9:08:13 GMT -5 idoinjuly said:

. My theory is that he's got social anxiety and the one topic that he can get passionate about is religion, so he just spews religion when he doesn't know how to contribute to a conversation

This totally sounds like my FIL. Every conversation comes back to Religion.

[psychmom]

I grew up 30ish minutes from Glen Rose so I know which park you're talking about.

The church I used to attend pretty much said the scientists are completely off with the timing, as the world is only 2013 years old. Thus dinos existed alot more recently but after the bible was written.

Makes perfect sense, huh?

[melindafelinda]

Jan 4, 2013 9:10:12 GMT -5 @feinicstine said:

I had a friend in college who believed that fossils were placed on earth by the devil to trick us in to believing in evolution.

Some kid in my high school passed out flyers with this on it. It was the funniest/saddest thing ever. I have a t shirt that shows the devil burying Dino bones and it says "teach the controversy".

[candreco]

Jan 4, 2013 9:27:26 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Jan 4, 2013 9:19:21 GMT -5 candreco said:

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The majority of Christians do believe in, you know, SCIENCE though.

Or their version of science. To get around any scientific proof that the existence of man dates back well beyond 6000 years, JWs basically say that carbon dating is a bunch of hooey.

No, I mean most Christians fully accept evolution, the fossil record, carbon dating, the whole thing, and don't try to twist it into what they want it to be. They just don't talk about it as much since they're not trying to convince everyone else that they're right.

When I said mainstream denominations, I mean Catholic and the Protestant denominations like Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, etc. which while they obviously have their differences, have the same basic beliefs. I don't really consider JW mainstream, there are some major theological differences, like their limited number of people that are earmarked for heaven. I should have been clearer.

[melindafelinda]

Jan 4, 2013 9:36:52 GMT -5 candreco said:

Jan 4, 2013 9:27:26 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Or their version of science. To get around any scientific proof that the existence of man dates back well beyond 6000 years, JWs basically say that carbon dating is a bunch of hooey.

They just don't talk about it as much since they're not trying to convince everyone else that they're right.

Lol.

[alzi]

this is funny. i'd have a hard time keeping a straight face if someone legit tried to tell me that dinosaurs never existed. i'll bet they don't believe in unicorns either...

[soozy87]

I believe that dinosaurs existed. But I am also one of "those people" who doesn't believe that the earth is 4 billion years old (or whatever).

[crispnclean]

Some nutty religious folk have created a whole museum about how dinosaurs and people lived on Earth together: creationmuseum.org/

[Deleted]

Literal creationists don't "believe" in dinosaurs. There is a creationist museum right next to a state parks with Dino trackways in central Texas. Lol

[soozy87]

Jan 4, 2013 10:25:20 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

Literal creationists don't "believe" in dinosaurs. There is a creationist museum right next to a state parks with Dino trackways in central Texas. Lol

I am not up on my dino history. Have they found dinosaur remains in Egypt and Turkey?

[RitzyHeifer]

Jan 4, 2013 9:06:35 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Yes, yes there are, because there are Christians who believe that the earth is actually only 6000 years old (or 7000, or whatever it is based on using the bible alone).

I work with someone who believes this. At a university. She has 2 Master's Degrees and is earning a PhD. She gets in arguments with anthropologists, geologists and biologists over it and walked out of a presentation at a conference one time because they made reference to how human brains had evolved over time.

[mamasaurus]

Jan 4, 2013 9:10:12 GMT -5 @feinicstine said:

I had a friend in college who believed that fossils were placed on earth by the devil to trick us in to believing in evolution.

Yes, I have heard this argument before. Dinosaur fossils were placed here by Satan to test your faith. 8-D

[mamasaurus]

Jan 4, 2013 10:27:13 GMT -5 soozy87 said:

Jan 4, 2013 10:25:20 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

Literal creationists don't "believe" in dinosaurs. There is a creationist museum right next to a state parks with Dino trackways in central Texas. Lol

I am not up on my dino history. Have they found dinosaur remains in Egypt and Turkey?

Wait, what? Soozy, you don't believe the earth is as old as geologists claim and now you're apparently supporting the creationist museum because you...don't know if there are fossils in Egypt?

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