The description of a dinosaur in the Bible

[OTHstrong]

King James Version

book of Job Chapter 40, 15-24

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

His bones are as strong pieces of brass;his bones are like bars of iron.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him

Surely the mountains bring him fourth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Behold, he drinketh up a river and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

[columbusdude82]

Dude, are you for real? 

[OTHstrong]

Dude, are you for real? 

The only joker here is you acting like your in grade three everyone else takes things seriously.

[NeoSeminole]

how do you figure it's talking about a dinosaur? That description can apply to several animals.

[OTHstrong]

how do you figure it's talking about a dinosaur? That description can apply to several animals.

OK name an animal then and we will see if this discription will apply. Remember its tail is like a cedar.

[NeoSeminole]

I pulled this from a Christian website.

http://www.bibleandscience.com/science/dinosaurs.htm

"the description in Job 40:21-23 seems to allude to the area around Lake Huleh which was filled with buffalo. His tail is like a cedar branch that can easily bend or sway. This does not mean his tail was as long as or as big as a huge cedar tree for verses 21-23 say, "Under the lotus plants he lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh. The lotus conceal him in their shadow" (NIV). Reeds and lotus can not hide a huge dinosaur."

it seems that not all Christians agree on the same interpretation. Things that make you go "hmmm."

[OTHstrong]

I pulled this from a Christian website.

http://www.bibleandscience.com/science/dinosaurs.htm

"the description in Job 40:21-23 seems to allude to the area around Lake Huleh which was filled with buffalo. His tail is like a cedar branch that can easily bend or sway. This does not mean his tail was as long as or as big as a huge cedar tree for verses 21-23 say, "Under the lotus plants he lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh. The lotus conceal him in their shadow" (NIV). Reeds and lotus can not hide a huge dinosaur."

it seems that not all Christians agree on the same interpretation. Things that make you go "hmmm."

I highly dougt that a little dinky tail on a baffalo can be mistaken as a massive cedar, however you are right that some people think this way so really we aren't going to get anywhere if people start thinking that the sky is pink.

[Butterbean]

Reeds and lotus can not hide a huge dinosaur."

Sure they can...you get enough of them they'd hide a DC-10.

[columbusdude82]

HAHAHAHAHAAAA oh man... OneTimeHard is setting himself up for an ownage of V-board proportions

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[OzmO]

King James Version

book of Job Chapter 40, 15-24

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

His bones are as strong pieces of brass;his bones are like bars of iron.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him

Surely the mountains bring him fourth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Behold, he drinketh up a river and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

this could be many animals.   Very very vague.

[Butterbean]

this could be many animals. 

True, but the possibility of it being a dinosaur is not negated by the text.   

[columbusdude82]

True, but the possibility of it being a dinosaur is not negated by the text.   

It is negated by the text being written about 65 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs and the fact that the people who wrote the text had no notion of paleontology or fossils or dinosaurs.

[loco]

65 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs

Are you 100% sure it was that long ago?   

[columbusdude82]

Are you 100% sure it was that long ago?   

Find me a legitimate scientist (a real one) who says otherwise, or a publication in a legitimate scientific journal. Until then, I'm sticking with what science says

[OzmO]

True, but the possibility of it being a dinosaur is not negated by the text.   

Nor is the possibility of it being a griffin or a dragon or a living shoe stuffed with cheese negated by the text.

Something as significant and awesome as a dinosaur would garner far more description

[Butterbean]

a living shoe stuffed with cheese

Oh man that sounds good.  What kind of cheese?

[OzmO]

Oh man that sounds good.  What kind of cheese?

Parm, white cheddar, Jarlsberg and munster of course 

[beatmaster]

oh brother  whats next?

why Noah didn't save 2 of them.......... damn boat was too small

that text could be anything, plus, they had no idea about dinosaurs...... and please that is a book = story
written by different peoples with different ideas, a collection of texts all pointing in the same direction......

[Butterbean]

Parm, white cheddar, Jarlsberg and munster of course 

Mmmmmmmm! 

[Stark]

this could be many animals.   Very very vague.

That's the problem with the Bible... apart from the 10 commandments it's always super vague... why did who ever wrote the part with the "Dino's" not just said: Look guys it's huge has large teeth and you should generally avoid it.

[loco]

That's the problem with the Bible... apart from the 10 commandments it's always super vague... why did who ever wrote the part with the "Dino's" not just said: Look guys it's huge has large teeth and you should generally avoid it.

True, but then we would say that it could be talking about a white shark or a polar bear.

[columbusdude82]

Yeah right... there were lots of polar bears in the middle east where the people who wrote the Bible lived...