Since everything on earth is recycling(as well as did the\ndinosaurs when they were extinct),then each of us has parts\nof everything that has died in the past(as well as dinosaurs!).Some of us may have material of the same (let's say) dinosaur!It could be that our soulmate or dream partner etc. has a high percentage of similar material.That could be the explanation of "chemistry" (see??chemistry?molecules?),\nthat could be the reason why two total strangers seem to know each other for...ages!!(like the jurassic,pleocene etc.!!!).Do you agree with this crazy thought???Hahaha,I swear,I don't do drugs,I m not drunk!!!! :-))))
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Hey washing machine guy,\nYou say that everything on this earth is recycling. So... if I throw my plastic bottle in the  recycling bin today then your kid (lets hope it's a boy) may be born with a higher level of the female hormone eostrogen, and inturn be a Pat female more so than a Pat male???\nCool.
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Good luck...\n\nCan a Christian believe in evolution?  I do.  I know that this world hasn't always been as we know it now.  I know that I as a homo sapien, evolved from something else.  God can create and destroy as he so chooses.\n\nWhy then are dinosaurs not in the Bible?\nWhy does the Bible not reference such catastrophic events that wiped them out?\n\nIn my opinion, because it isn't something we necessarily need concern ourselves with.  The fact that GIANT lizards once walked this earth is pretty darned fascinating.  Can we learn anything from them?  Unless we want to turn ourselves into giant lizards I think not.\n\nWhat we need to concern ourselves with is the history as it is written in the Bible.  The Bible is not only a religious tool, but also one that can be studied for it's historical content and story.  \n\nDo I believe the stories? YES!  Do I believe that everything happened exactly as it is written? YES!  \n\nI believe the world was created in seven days.  But what is our definition of days compared to Godly days.  \n\nThat we will not know until we can ask our creator.  (But frankly, by the time I die and go to heaven, Days will hardly matter to me anymore.)
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I have studied earth science. \nFirst of all, their scientific name is a (best estimate) i.e. in their opinion. so the wee table is just their own version of what refers to modern day equivalent in science. \nThe only evidence they use to suggest the bible is talking about a dinosaur (rather than elephant or hippo) is a tail like a Cedar.  this could apply to crocodile but they don't mention that - apart from to say "oh -BTW it can't be a croc eh?" without actually giving any decent reason as to why.\nI don't know why I can't read Job 41 18-21without realising it breathes fire.  Such obviousness escapes me.  As also does the beetle chat. err...because one thing (and I haven't bothered to look up if it can) breathes fire, another surely can? What - how does that work? Because a flea can jump 50 times it's own heigth, can I? Also, all earth scientist would love to have a fire breathing lizard, but no studies have proved it's existance.   \nThen later (I'm skimming this now, there's loads of made up stuff), they say "Nobody has ever proven that the Bible contains any inaccurately recorded information" - well I'd kind of like to see the other way round.  Proving a negative is, well, impossible.  If I said there is a planet made of jelly a milllion light years away, does that make me correct until proven wrong? \nthen they do that wonderful thing of "hmm yes we have evidence of dinosaurs being created one day before man etc etc...but in order to see it you have to read through pages and pages of more subjective chat", personally I gave up cos if they are that confident they would put there evidence right in their on their page, or at least give a description of how.  \nThis page is someone's belief and doen't make me think anything other than what I have studied through rational science.
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Both of the thigns you are talking about are very slow processes.  I'm terribly sorry to be a bubble-burster but that question has been long since pondered by geologists far and wide.  Very good observations but neither is very major.  Never stop thinking and learning just as you are now.  You will be a great mind, just keep it up.
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There are the theories about the flagellum motor and documenting bones in sedimentary rock could be misleading because the world isn't flat and what they used to base time on hardened rock can be duplicated within minutes instead of thousands of years.\n\n But, we do obviously have traces of vestigial organs and share genetic similarities with chimps. It is ridiculous to believe we simply sprouted from nothing. I do believe in evolution. Anyone whose been to a museum to see the slowly progressing posture of the caveman to human sees the sense it makes.\n\n Look at nature if things didn't slowly adapt we'd all die. There is no perfect medium because things are always adjusting to circumstance. And circumstance will never be the same. Evolution is in family genetics. It's in everywhere and everything. Survival of the fittest.
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Absolutely not!I am an Amish youth from PA.I hope I can resolve your debate.We beleive the so-called dinosaur bones are bones from other animals put together in the shape of a dinosaur.Me personally,I think they are nothing but a joke!
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it would seem logical that it would.  everyting in nature seems to go in cycles, wouldn't this be the ultimate in recycling?  everything back to where it begun?  it makes sense to me , but sadly not yet backed up by empirical evidence, not yet anyway...
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Ok well, firstly evolution is not my religion and the sole purpose for my existence. Wouldn't be the end of the world if it's not true, though I may lose a lot of my love of nature.\n\nWell... fossils can show that there were creatures similar to creatures we have today (but not the same) that are extinct now. \n\nSkeletons of neanderthal and homo erectus species have been found also, showing that beings very similar to humans have existed and then become extinct. By seeing the brow ridge on these skulls, and the different shape (but without damage and cracking) it is plain to see that these were not skulls bashed in or damaged in any way. \n\nWe also share genes with many other animals and plants. \n\nWe can also see stars billions of light years away. If the planet was only approx 6000 yrs old the light would not have reached the earth yet.\n\nIf you put nutrients in water in a vacuum, amino acids begin to form (I do not know the exact primeval soup experiement, but according to scientists, considering how quickly the amino acids formed, cells could reasonably be believed to form given the millions of yrs this earth has existed.) \n\nAlso, look at our skeletons! Many animals are linked to one another in bone structure etc. Look at a horses legs now - the chestnuts (hardened lumps) used to be their toes but are of no use now, halfway up their legs! Though you may say that is micro-evolution, I disagree. If we had a 6-toed, 3-toed, 4-toed or even 2-toed horselike animal today, I think it would be considered a different species.\n\nHowever, in the end, no one will believe what you tell them to - it is a choice. Christians believed in geocentric astronomy years after copernicus proved our galaxy to be heliocentric. The Bible mentions holding the corners of the world and tossing off sinners and suchlike - if it is G-d's word, surely he would've made it clear that the world was round?\n\nHope you're having a good day, you're asking politely :)\n\nx
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Birds are the direct descendents of dinosaurs.  Many scientists will say they *are* dinosaurs.  As such, they are alive, so dinosaurs are alive.\n\nWhile it remains possible that some dinosaurs proper have survived, it is extremely unlikely at this point.  There is no physical evidence for it.\n\nYour second question is difficult to answer.  Are there prehistoric creatures that have survived?  Sure!  Pretty much every species on earth today (even humans!) is older than history, that makes it prehistoric!  Defining prehistoric any other way would essentially make prehistoric mean "not surviving today", so the answer would be no.\n\nWhat you mean, of course, is creatures to have survived from truly ancient times, such as from the Mesozoic (age of dinosaurs) or older, but again, it's difficult to answer.  There probably aren't any actual species that old, but it's difficult to tell if something in the fossil record is actually the same species as something alive today.  Consider, lions and tigers look and act very different alive and are certainly two different species, but it is very difficult to tell their skeletons apart.\n\nA lot of so-called "living fossils" really aren't.  For instance, we have no fossils of the Coelacanth.  It's closest relatives in the fossil record are in another family (as different as cats and dogs).  Cockroaches are often said to have been unchanged for millions of years, but it's not the case as the fossil record records them evolving continuously.  The first fossil cockroaches had three pairs of wings!\n\nBut some things have survived nearly unchanged for millions of years.  Six-gill and Port Jackson sharks are very much like they were in the age of dinosaurs.  The Tuatara is surprisingly like it's Mesozoic relatives.\n\nBut the king of living fossils is the Lingula brachiopod.  It looks like a clam and lives by filter feeding, but don't let it's calm appearance fool you.  These little guys are survivors.  They've been living in Earth's oceans almost unchanged for 550 million years!  That's almost as long as we have animal fossils at all!  Dinosaurs are hardly teenagers by comparison!\n\nAddenda:  The Komodo Dragon is NOT believed to be a dinosaur, at least not by scientists.  It is just a large monitor lizard.  Dinosaurs are not lizards, being classed among the Archosaurs with the crocodiles, pterosaurs and birds.
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I have studied this topic for nearly 4 years. I believe it is less than 7,000 years. I had trouble with this until I saw how things are dated. Then I knew that there was no "proof" of anything over  about 5500 years old. Every thing over that age, whether 20,000 years or 4.5 billion years is speculation. I have worked in the science industry for about 30 years. I know my way around a lab. I certainly don't know everything, but I know these old dates given to fossils and rocks are speculation. Recent discoveries in DNA and Micro-biology have placed serious doubt in a lot of scientist minds about evolution. I know for a fact that creation is debated by scientists daily. Many can no longer support theories once held by the majority.
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so many of those answers just make me want to cry!\nthe bible does not mention dinosaurs so they did not exist?!?!?\nlets just ignore facts and all those fossils!\n\nIt is insanity!
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according 2 MANY MANY studies of ANCIENT & EXTINCT SPECIES, it is said dat VELOCIRAPTORS r da MOST intelligent species on Earth soo far...hey i dunno...BUT i kinda believe this cuz if u put a lil bit of thot in2 small research done on these dinosaurs...u'll b amazed @ wat these creatures cud b capable of if they were roamin da Earth now...\nsum ppl r stupid 2 tink "oh they cant b soo smart u cant kno dat cuz they r extinct" but nature happens...& i bet they r smarter than any of us...
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It doesn't.  The dinosaurs existed millions of years before mankind. They died off around 65 million years ago.
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This is evident, as you have pointed out in most of human behaviour. This concept is similar to ancestor worship. Ancient man had a deeper belief of the after life than present day man. They believe that no one actually died but simply moved on to another existence. Therefore, it was an honor and glory to join ones ancestors in the after-life while making oneself worthy to join them with a glorified death.
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One of your other anwerers mentions the fact that man has only been around for the blink of an eye in relation to the time that dinosaurs existed. Doesn't that make us pathetically arrogant to go thinking that we are the chosen ones? He could well be right and we could be here and gone in less than 200,000 years. As for why the bible doesn't mention dinosaurs; the men who wrote it had no idea that they had existed.
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You continue to make excellent points. Bravo.\n\nYes, I have heard of Australopithecines. And most Creationists don't do their share of research.\n\n- 16 yo Pagan
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Hey, cool\nI'm a science nut, too\n(though I dabble in theoretical/quasitheoretical shit)\nand now I'm turning to you for some help...\nFor several years now, I've been twisted into a new shape by an article I encountered one time stating that uh geoligists (I guess) found portions of neurons (yes brain cells) in some rocks somewhere!!??\nThe hell?\nI have to assume they would have mentioned if they were part of a fossil or something...\nIs the Earth sentient?\nAre we all to evolve into rocks someday?\nHow many eons would it take for a rock to decide what to have for dinner?