Wiped out by the flood from the arc, wiped out before the 7 days were over. I'm not really in to the whole 7 literal days as we perceive a day now theory. Possible Adam and Eve lived in the Garden for millions of year before expulsion, thus there would be no human remains until they were kicked out which was roughly 5,000 years ago give or take a few thousand years (I don't think records as far as time are all that accurate). Those are just a few thoughts I've had about the situation, but I don't put a ton of thought in to it, evolution, and the big bang, and dinosaurs don't really effect my faith all that much so a definite answer isn't that important to me.

 

I don't buy into the seven literal days as we know it, and I don't buy the insanity that would forward the idea that Dinosaur Dan hopped upon his trusty brontosaurus steed as the first Texas outlaw (or, as some would have it, the God planted dino skeletons as a means of testing our faith in the 6,000-year timeline.

 

Those first seven days were millions of years in our time, but a blink of an eye in God's eternal timeline. It's why science/evolution and God can be reconciled with one another and don't have to be an either/or proposition.

 

I hadn't heard that until today. I for real spit out my water when I heard that one.

 

This has always been my personal belief as well. At least it helps me rationalize it all in my head. I love having these type of dicussions with people because I think its really interesting to see what they think and throw ideas out there. However, I am usually very careful who I speak about it with because if I don't want my questioning to be an influence their faith if it is fragile.

 

I have a few other questions a question or two that I always ask when disucssing things...this is certainly one of them.

If we take the Creation Museum as the voice for the creationist beliefs then dinosaurs were indeed on the ark and also around when humans were.

 

I've never heard anything about dinosaurs on the ark. I'm not buying into this belief at all.

Without specifics, I have generally always thought that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, were destroyed (most likely by a meteorite), then God created man afterwards.

 

I do know that every time I try to talk about Christianity, the first question is "well, how do you explain the dinosaurs?" and the second is "where did God come from?"

 

Both of those questions blow my mind and leave me searching for answers.

^The where did God come from baffles me as well. It's not comprehendible for me to grasp the concept that God had no beginning. Really leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

I don't buy into the seven literal days as we know it, and I don't buy the insanity that would forward the idea that Dinosaur Dan hopped upon his trusty brontosaurus steed as the first Texas outlaw (or, as some would have it, the God planted dino skeletons as a means of testing our faith in the 6,000-year timeline.

 

Those first seven days were millions of years in our time, but a blink of an eye in God's eternal timeline. It's why science/evolution and God can be reconciled with one another and don't have to be an either/or proposition.

 

Apparently, Jim and I share the same beliefs on this subject. By looking at it this way, there is no reason for science to discount religion and vice versa. The two can work together.

^The where did God come from baffles me as well. It's not comprehendible for me to grasp the concept that God had no beginning. Really leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

 

I've always thought time was more of an earthly human concept that God was outside. It's hard/impossible idea to grasp, but at the same time ask the scientist where the first atoms and molecules from from to form the clump that lead to the big bang? No matter how you look at the beginning of things is hard/impossible to understand and comprehend.

Without specifics, I have generally always thought that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, were destroyed (most likely by a meteorite), then God created man afterwards.

 

I do know that every time I try to talk about Christianity, the first question is "well, how do you explain the dinosaurs?" and the second is "where did God come from?"

 

Both of those questions blow my mind and leave me searching for answers.

 

One that always gets me...Where did we all come from? Everyone says Adam and Eve. Okay, but they only had three sons. Was one of them hooking up with mom? Parts of the story left out? God created a few other people that we dont' know about?

 

We are all descendents from Adam and Eve but if they only had three sons. How does that work? Even if they had a daughter that we don't know about, then that leaves brother and sister?

 

Confuses the heck out of me haha!

This has always been my personal belief as well. At least it helps me rationalize it all in my head. I love having these type of dicussions with people because I think its really interesting to see what they think and throw ideas out there. However, I am usually very careful who I speak about it with because if I don't want my questioning to be an influence their faith if it is fragile.

 

I have a few other questions a question or two that I always ask when disucssing things...this is certainly one of them.

 

Me too. Like if there is life on other planets, did God just leave that out of his teachings?

Sounds like a good topic to learn more about. (I say that sincerely...I enjoy plate tectonics...but I am a science geek. :lol:

 

I do ask one thing. Explore it scientifically. That means instead of arriving at an answer first, look at all of the evidence and go where that leads. If you do it backwards, it's not scientific - and what it amounts to is cherry picking to fit an answer, while ignoring the whole body of evidence.

 

Believe me when I say I don't have an answer first. :lol: This stuff is way over my head. But I am going to give that a lengthy study...at some point.

Really? That's a common one for the strict Biblical literalists, and one that I've heard the Creation Museum forwards.

 

I would be classified as a Biblical literalist, but that is an absurd notion IMO. I'd never heard it before you just mentioned it.

Big If there.

How so? It attracts legions of followers every year.

One that always gets me...Where did we all come from? Everyone says Adam and Eve. Okay, but they only had three sons. Was one of them hooking up with mom? Parts of the story left out? God created a few other people that we dont' know about?

 

We are all descendents from Adam and Eve but if they only had three sons. How does that work? Even if they had a daughter that we don't know about, then that leaves brother and sister?

 

Confuses the heck out of me haha!

 

Adam & Eve also had other sons & daughters (Genesis 5:4). And yes, they were "hooking up" (:lol:) with each other. That kind of thing was actually quite common in those days.

One that always gets me...Where did we all come from? Everyone says Adam and Eve. Okay, but they only had three sons. Was one of them hooking up with mom? Parts of the story left out? God created a few other people that we dont' know about?

 

We are all descendents from Adam and Eve but if they only had three sons. How does that work? Even if they had a daughter that we don't know about, then that leaves brother and sister?

 

Confuses the heck out of me haha!

If you believe all humans came from Adam & Eve than incest had to have happened.

Adam & Eve also had other sons & daughters (Genesis 5:4). And yes, they were "hooking up" (:lol:) with each other. That kind of thing was actually quite common in those days.

 

Huh, must have missed that whole thing. Thanks for the verse.

 

I orginally typed out fornicating but didn't feel right using that word haha.