Any Christians out there?

[Hopkirk]

How do you explain dinosaurs?

Was God just practicing, or did he make a mistake?

[Buenchico]

The C of E Christians all went to bed, with a nice cup of cocoa, straight after The Archers.

The happy clappy Christians can't type their responses because they're all waving their hands in the air.

The Catholics won't post because they'd have to do penance after expressing their views about this thread.

The Sally Army Christians can't post because they're all going round the pubs, selling The Warcry.

Christian Scientists won't post because they're not getting paid for it.

[craft1948]

lol I'm a Christian.................and I used to be in the Sally Army.

[anneasquith]

we christians are on our knees praying for all the non christian abers,, :)

[wildwood]

I went to some posh looking church a couple of years ago for a wedding..... and there was nothing to kneel on, just rather uncomfortable padded benchseats. Maybe some have given up on kneeling.

[beso]

Hardly a mistake. The dinosaurs dominated the planet for over 160 million years. Humans have been here for a tiny fraction of that time.

Perhaps the dinosaurs were made in His image?

Ah, of course, that is it. God kept making new animals in His image while He evolved.

[jomifl]

Why does anyone think T. rex's arms were too short, they were just the right length for cleaning teeth. :-)

[Hopkirk]

I think we should get theArchbishop of Canterbury in to give his views.

He's a highly intelligent man who would give a well thought out explanation. Only trouble is we probably wouldn't have a clue what he was saying.

[grasscarp]

I have a favourite dinosaur story. I was taking a bunch of schoolchildren round the Natural History museum. These children were around 7 years old. I was showing them a dinosaur frame and explaining that this creature was very, very old. I looked at their faces and couldnt see that they were registering anything at all. Finally one said "My daddy is 29"!
In answer to your questions Hopkirk
Any Christians out there - yes
How do you explain dinosaurs - is anything in creation able to be "explained"
Was God just practising (not c Hopkirk) - no they existed, and like others are now extinct. All part of his plan. It is after all His creation.
Mistake etc question. No, I dont think he does mistakes, although some humans leave a lot to be desired!

[Hopkirk]

If God created the dinosaurs, why didn't he send his only son down in dinosaur form, to help them repent their sins?

[jomifl]

Hopkirk ..since dinosaurs pre-dated the garden of eden they pre-dated the existence of sin which was initiated by eve.

[mibn2cweus]

When it comes to making really big mistakes I think the one that arguably takes the cake is down to us humans when we created 'God'.

Erm, did someone just ask, "Which one?" . . . Take your pick!

http://www.godchecker.com/

[Ankou]

who cares about short arms when your head is 5 feet long and you have 13 inch teeth. you might laugh in its face, but not for long.

i think most christians these days reckon the behemoth and leviathan were the bibles closest analogy to dinosaur, since the taxon 'dinosauria' only came about in the 19th c, before that there be dragons and beasts in them thar 'ills.

[rowanwitch]

And dinosaurs are a lesson....no matter how successful, how big and powerful you are....you are nothing compared to the forces of nature..... not god...

[RATTER15]

and why did Adam and ever have belly buttons?

[albaqwerty]

aaah but Adam didn't. That's how you can pick him out from a roomful of naked men :)

Goad may practice, but She never makes a mistake.

[RATTER15]

Buenchico, I think the Salvation Army stopped selling the War Cry in the pubs a few years ago, it became to dangerous. I know it stopped in my area as my Sister used to do it, (it was called "Pub Booming) my family are very big in the Salvation army and have been since it was founded, I still have a lot of respect for the good they do, I used to be a member myself and played in the Salvation Army Band :-)

[albaqwerty]

As I don't frequent the pub as often these days, I too haven't seen a War-cry for ages.

Our local Sally-Army building closed down about 5 years ago :(

[Huderon]

Ah, right ... God doesn't exist because we have evidence of dinosaurs ...

How about this then. Evolution is real and understandable and perfectly acceptable to Christians (Darwin was one, wasn't he ?). But for Christians, and those of some other religious persuasions, humans have souls. So you can square the circle by saying that at some point in evolution God gave humans souls.

Of course that assumes that God exists. However as you can't prove the existence or non-existence of God anyway, and as humans and their ancestors seem to have had a belief in an afterlife for a very long time, I'll let the believers believe and the non-believers do their thing while I carry on living life as usual.

[starone]

The important thing though is the Earth, and the Sun isn't it? We live on the Earth, we depend upon it for everything and the Sun supplies the energy. The Earth just tolerates us as some kind of irritating flea. When it has had enough it will get rid of us.and move on to the next instalment in its own life. It is impossible for any being to stand against nature.