When I was younger I asked the little Godlings across the street (think Rod & Todd from The Simpsons, but assholes) why the Bible never mentions dinosaurs. Their answer, according to what they were taught, was that dinosaurs were created by Satan as a trick. Rather, the fossils were planted so that people would eventually find them and make God look like a doofus.
Let's leave aside for a moment the voluminous evidence for the age of both the planet and the universe, and the laughable contention that, after even a mere few thousand years, the position of buried bones could pinpoint a cause of death. Ignoring all of that, can I ask what the "downcast angels" would have gotten out of killing Noah and his posse? If this works, humanity is wiped out in the flood, and the folks that God chose to spare are now dead, too. Was Satan sitting around saying "Oh man, this planet would be great if it wasn't for all the sweaty humans?" What did he and the demons have planned that was so much more interesting than being locked in eternal struggle for every soul on Earth? A really long pool party? Were they planning a monster barbecue, so they thought they'd clear their schedule by killing off the last of the human race? It all makes my head hurt. But the art is amazing. If I gave a hoot about god, I'd probably want to gaze in awe at the drawings.
I've also heard that they were placed there by god as a test of faith. "Ignore the science, my children, and believe," or something to that effect. It makes god (or Satan, I suppose) sound like the cosmic wacky next door neighbor, trying to drive the humans nuts by burying weird stuff in the back yard.
I had never heard of the dinosaurs being killed in the flood.
Man, my CCD classes really were a rip-off for withholding that information. They didn't really explain the dinosaurs or anything, they let our parents and our regular teacher do that dirty work.
I do remember a pastor of my mom's church explaining how ridiculous the notion of dinosaurs were. Bet he was eating crow after reading about a little something called Jurassic Park.
Heinlen essplained the dinosaurs in Job: A comedy of Justice. Seems they were just created as fossils as part of the big joke. There weren't really dinosaurs, just God-made fossils.
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Date: 2005-06-03 05:03 pm (UTC)What? I believed them.
Here's what I don't get.
Date: 2005-06-03 05:06 pm (UTC)If this works, humanity is wiped out in the flood, and the folks that God chose to spare are now dead, too. Was Satan sitting around saying "Oh man, this planet would be great if it wasn't for all the sweaty humans?" What did he and the demons have planned that was so much more interesting than being locked in eternal struggle for every soul on Earth? A really long pool party? Were they planning a monster barbecue, so they thought they'd clear their schedule by killing off the last of the human race?
It all makes my head hurt. But the art is amazing. If I gave a hoot about god, I'd probably want to gaze in awe at the drawings.
I've heard that.
Date: 2005-06-03 05:11 pm (UTC)Re: Here's what I don't get.
Date: 2005-06-03 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-03 05:36 pm (UTC)Man, my CCD classes really were a rip-off for withholding that information. They didn't really explain the dinosaurs or anything, they let our parents and our regular teacher do that dirty work.
I do remember a pastor of my mom's church explaining how ridiculous the notion of dinosaurs were. Bet he was eating crow after reading about a little something called Jurassic Park.
Heinlen essplained the dinosaurs in Job: A comedy of Justice. Seems they were just created as fossils as part of the big joke. There weren't really dinosaurs, just God-made fossils.
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Date: 2005-06-04 04:17 pm (UTC)