Purpose of Dinosaurs existence?

[SSGT500]

Just curious as to people's opinions of why dinosaurs went extinct and what it has to do with God's eternal purposes.

Reader's digest: Had Dinosaurs already become extinct when Noah gathered for the Ark? If not, why weren't Dinosaurs gathered as well?

Were there Dinosaurs, such as fowl, gathered into the Ark or were they left alone to survive the overencompassing waters?

Were the Dinosaurs of the waters left untouched?

What, really, was the purpose of having Dinosaurs in existence, here on the Earth, only to have them become extinct and no longer?

How does it fit into the teachings of the LDS church and why has the Church never taken a definitive stand on their existence?

 

[ninerbuff]

god couldn't get them to buy into his philosophy, so he offed them.

 

[SSGT500]

Those Paganistic creatures! LOL . Good answer!

 

[Noaidi]

What, really, was the purpose of having Dinosaurs in existence, here on the Earth, only to have them become extinct and no longer?

The same question could be asked of any extinct taxonomic group. However, why does there need to be a purpose to their existence? Every species has / had a function within their habitat, but I think that's different from a purpose, which is a teleological question. I don't see that there was a purpose IMO.

 

[ninerbuff]

The same question could be asked of any extinct taxonomic group. However, why does there need to be a purpose to their existence? Every species has / had a function within their habitat, but I think that's different from a purpose, which is a teleological question. I don't see that there was a purpose IMO.

Hell yeah there was a purpose: ask Amico or BP and they'll tell you "The dinosaurs purpose was to make us money!"

 

[Noaidi]

Hell yeah there was a purpose: ask Amico or BP and they'll tell you "The dinosaurs purpose was to make us money!"

Yeah, and the makers of Barney have a lot to thank them for too!

 

[Green Kepi]

If 'Barney' was real...he'd probably ask 'what was the purpose of humans being in existence'....

 

[freethinker44]

If 'Barney' was real...he'd probably ask 'what was the purpose of humans being in existence'....

Yeah right before we hunted him into extinction!!

Yeah! Go great apes right?

Stupid purple dinosaur, always trying to love things.:sarcastic

 

[Green Kepi]

Yeah right before we hunted him into extinction!!

Yeah! Go great apes right?

Stupid purple dinosaur, always trying to love things.:sarcastic

Yeah...however, I believe that for some reason God got rid of them when He flooded the earth the first time prior to the second time with Noah's flood....

 

[outhouse]

Just curious as to people's opinions of why dinosaurs went extinct and what it has to do with God's eternal purposes.

they went extinct due to asteroid and super volcano.

god had nothing to do with nature.

Had Dinosaurs already become extinct when Noah gathered for the Ark?

the ark fable is a myth takem from pagan sumerians. it never happened

Were there Dinosaurs, such as fowl, gathered into the Ark or were they left alone to survive the overencompassing waters?

Were the Dinosaurs of the waters left untouched?

What, really, was the purpose of having Dinosaurs in existence, here on the Earth, only to have them become extinct and no longer?

How does it fit into the teachings of the LDS church and why has the Church never taken a definitive stand on their existence?

first the bible has nothing to do with dinosaurs and there is no connection. your questions and reality are two different issues.

 

[james2ko]

Just curious as to people's opinions of why dinosaurs went extinct and what it has to do with God's eternal purposes.

Reader's digest: Had Dinosaurs already become extinct when Noah gathered for the Ark? If not, why weren't Dinosaurs gathered as well?

Were there Dinosaurs, such as fowl, gathered into the Ark or were they left alone to survive the overencompassing waters?

Were the Dinosaurs of the waters left untouched?

What, really, was the purpose of having Dinosaurs in existence, here on the Earth, only to have them become extinct and no longer?

How does it fit into the teachings of the LDS church and why has the Church never taken a definitive stand on their existence?[/B]

Here's a speculative scenario that could explain the dinosaur's existence as well as that of pre-historic man:

Some time after Gen 1:1 and before verse 2 perhaps billions of years ago, lucifer [shining star] along with many angels were put in charge of the earth and all its life forms (Lk 4:5-7;John 14:30). This could have included dinosaurs and a type of hominid. Not a man, with intellect and creative power, but one with instincts and personality--similar to animals today.

Little did lucifer and these angels know, they were being challenged and tested on how they would carry out God's government in guiding that nature, and if successful perhaps ruling over ever more complex life forms...Their role on pre-historic earth was equipping or qualifying them to rule in the universe. Much in the same way God is testing and qualifying mankind today to one day rule the universe (Rom 8:19-21; Rev 21:7).

Over a long period of time, lucifer subtly became indignant and dissatisfied with God's decision making. He thought his philosophy--his take on things--was superior to God's. Throughout the eons, lucifer complained to his angels,"we are simply wasting our God given talents on these asinine life forms, if God would just listen to some of our ideas for once, we would all benefit." His craftiness and subtle persistence won over a third of the angels.

The final act of rebellion was a crisis in which lucifer and the angels perceived the next step God had in mind was to terminate their experiment--I see no alternative-to intervene and create a creature like the hominids but one step higher, with the capacity to reason like the mind of God - higher than the creatures with a ‘brutish mentality’ that is not accountable for sin, but one that has capacity to govern himself and decide for himself apart from any instinct which way he shall go.

When the angels perceived that this was likely the case, they decided to abandon this inheritance, to scale the heavens, (Isa 14; Jud 6) and dethrone God so they could set up the universe with a nature in accordance with their ideas of competition and strife and keeping in balance by dividing and conquering and devouring--the ‘philosophy’ of nature today. But they were cast down, (Lk 10:18) held in restraint (2 Pe2:4). During the titanic battle, the earth and all that was in it, at the time, was destroyed. Continue the story in Genesis 1 verse 2.

 

[savethedreams]

It always seems to me that Christians-Muslims ignore that 'dinosaurs in there theism theology, because not from any angle you have to 'twist' scriptures or deny it as literal or just simply believe dinosaurs are fake. Its obvious they have been here a LONG LONG time, all animals have been here for a long time before humans came on earth. WHY?............

 

[Songbird]

Transportation.

And if you see a purple striped pterodactyl, please call. Mine escaped.

 

[james2ko]

It always seems to me that Christians-Muslims ignore that 'dinosaurs in there theism theology, because not from any angle you have to 'twist' scriptures or deny it as literal or just simply believe dinosaurs are fake. Its obvious they have been here a LONG LONG time, all animals have been here for a long time before humans came on earth. WHY?............

Not all Christians. As I indicated in post 11.

 

[openyourmind]

Just curious as to people's opinions of why dinosaurs went extinct and what it has to do with God's eternal purposes.

Reader's digest: Had Dinosaurs already become extinct when Noah gathered for the Ark? If not, why weren't Dinosaurs gathered as well?

Were there Dinosaurs, such as fowl, gathered into the Ark or were they left alone to survive the overencompassing waters?

Were the Dinosaurs of the waters left untouched?

What, really, was the purpose of having Dinosaurs in existence, here on the Earth, only to have them become extinct and no longer?

How does it fit into the teachings of the LDS church and why has the Church never taken a definitive stand on their existence?

The church is scared to stand. I'll tell youmy theory. God created heaven and earth. They use 7 days to illustrate it, they become important later, if you know all the information. It says he created all the animals before he made man. But we know there was a battle with the "angels" before we came. I believe that the animals were the angels in the book, Stop reading the bible so literally it's a riddle by design. With the banishment of angels so to went dinosuars. The bible also speaks of not having sex with animals, seems like that should go with out saying doesn't it? There is a theroy that HIV/AIDS, which was orginaly only in chimps, was contracted by a man that had sex with a chimp. I would find it hard to believe that a person would have sex with an animal but we all have the internet, yikes! Now this is just a theroy a probable one even if not an accepted one. I can fully explain man's exsitence and the true meaning of the bible, and the misinterpruted statements that has made christianity look so foolish.

 

[unique75]

What, really, was the purpose of having Dinosaurs in existence, here on the Earth, only to have them become extinct and no longer?

It is mentioned in the Bible that GOD created the Earth and life therein in seven days? The days aforemention might been based on Heavenly time, perhaps, equivalent to Million/s Earth days. In that case, Dinosaur certainly can't live that long.., As for the purpose of its existence, MAYBE because its Urine is essential ingredient to fossil fuel.

 

[Wombat]

Just curious as to people's opinions of why dinosaurs went extinct and what it has to do with God's eternal purposes.

To me...the dinosaur fossil record speaks loud and clear-

"Look humanity...I (God) could have created any one of an infinite number of worlds for you to live in...you could have been up against creatures and conditions against which you would never have a chance...you wouldn't have even been able to evolve up out of the primeval soup...life on this planet could have been a crushingly impossible constantly fearful misery....I made it otherwise...just hard enough to prompt your resourcefulness, evolution and addaption...never hard enough to crush you.........And you have been provided >all< the innate intelligence and material resources so that one day you could sit on opposite sides of the globe- ask &#8220;Why dinosaurs&#8221; and in an instant be reminded just how dam good it is to wake up in the morning and not have to face a T Rex........ >ENJOY<!!!" :rainbow1:

 

[sparcz1978]

Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?
Evolutionists claim that dinosaurs evolved over millions of years. They imagine that one kind of animal slowly changed over long periods of time to become a different kind of animal. For instance, they believe that amphibians changed into reptiles (including dinosaurs) by this gradual process. This would mean, of course, that there would have been millions of creatures during that time that would be “in between,” as amphibians evolved into reptiles. Evidence of these “transitional forms,” as they are called, should be abundant. However, many fossil experts admit that not one unquestionable transitional form between any group of creatures and another has been found anywhere. If dinosaurs evolved from amphibians, there should be, for example, fossil evidence of animals that are part dinosaur and part something else. However, there is no proof of this anywhere. In fact, if you go into any museum you will see fossils of dinosaurs that are 100% dinosaur, not something in between. There are no 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 99% dinosaurs—they are all 100% dinosaur!
The Bible tells us that God created all of the land animals on the sixth day of creation. As dinosaurs were land animals, they must have been made on this day, alongside Adam and Eve, who were also created on Day Six (Genesis 1:24–31). If God designed and created dinosaurs, they would have been fully functional, designed to do what they were created for, and would have been 100% dinosaur. This fits exactly with the evidence from the fossil record.
Evolutionists declare that no man ever lived alongside dinosaurs. The Bible, however, makes it plain that dinosaurs and people must have lived together. Actually, as we will soon see, there is a lot of evidence for this.
What Did Dinosaurs Eat?
The Bible teaches (in Genesis 1:29–30) that the original animals (and the first humans) were commanded to be vegetarian. There were no meat eaters in the original creation. Furthermore, there was no death. It was an unblemished world, with Adam and Eve and animals (including dinosaurs) living in perfect harmony, eating only plants.
Sadly, it did not stay this way for very long. Adam rebelled against his Creator, bringing sin into the world (Genesis 3:1–7; Romans 5:12). Because of this rebellion, Adam, and thus all of his descendants (you and me), gave up the right to live with a Holy (sinless) and just God. God therefore judged sin with death.
The Bible plainly teaches from Genesis to Revelation that there was no death of animals or humans before Adam sinned. (Consider just a few of the many passages, such as: Romans 5:12; Genesis 2:17; Genesis 1:29–30; Romans 8:20–22; Acts 3:21; Hebrews 9:22; 1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 21:1–4; Revelation 22:3.) This means there could not have been any animal fossils (and no dinosaur bones) before sin.
After Adam’s sin, animals and people started to die. It was now a different world, one of death and strife. A world that was once beautiful now suffered under the curse placed upon it by the Creator (Genesis 3:14–19). But a promise was given (Genesis 3:15) that God would provide a way for the penalty of sin to be paid so there would be a way for man to come back to God.

 

[Wombat]

...many fossil experts admit that not one unquestionable transitional form between any group of creatures and another has been found anywhere. .

Please name some of the "many fossil experts".
Please quote some of the "many fossil experts".

Then perhaps a dialogue thereupon might evolve.

 

[ninerbuff]

Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?
Evolutionists claim that dinosaurs evolved over millions of years. They imagine that one kind of animal slowly changed over long periods of time to become a different kind of animal. For instance, they believe that amphibians changed into reptiles (including dinosaurs) by this gradual process. This would mean, of course, that there would have been millions of creatures during that time that would be “in between,” as amphibians evolved into reptiles. Evidence of these “transitional forms,” as they are called, should be abundant. However, many fossil experts admit that not one unquestionable transitional form between any group of creatures and another has been found anywhere. If dinosaurs evolved from amphibians, there should be, for example, fossil evidence of animals that are part dinosaur and part something else. However, there is no proof of this anywhere. In fact, if you go into any museum you will see fossils of dinosaurs that are 100% dinosaur, not something in between. There are no 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 99% dinosaurs—they are all 100% dinosaur!

If I asked you to dig through a yard, 50x50 feet, down to just 3 feet deep, with no metal detector to find the head of a pin, how long do you think that would take you? The pin head is there, but you have no clue where it is. All the while you'll have to deal with weather while you do this task.
There may be let's say 100,000 archaeologist's world wide. Now they have to dig the Earth up with very little clues as to where fossils are...........the whole Earth.
Use logic here. If we've been only looking for fossils for the past couple of hundred years or so, did you expect all of them to be found?