How do I convince my 74 yr old mother that dinosaurs really existed?
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First find a bible. Next read Genesis Chapter , its only 1 page. Then explain to you grand mother that god’s creations hade an order. That the fish in the water where created, then animals on land, then man. Then explain to her that in genesis when it talks about the days god created things, it does not literally mean day by day, it is just a way to understand the time line. If she can except that point out that god created animals ( including dinosaurs) before man and that some of these animals ( including dinosaurs)  died off before the time of mans creation, and well before moses wrote the old testament. \n\nMy email is, josh_r36@yahoo.com please write me and tell me how it went.
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To my knowledge the Bible doesn't mention anything about dinosaurs.  I've read about donkeys and giants, but no dinosaurs.  I figure I'll just ask Jesus about them when I get up there.
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try going to dinosaurs.com there are several sponsors that might interest you.
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I think you would have to make a time machine and go back to the Jurassic era. You probably won't find any family members from that time(I believe you can get in that way). Look for Fred(tell him I sent you), he'll be able to get you in..
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Dinosaurs died 100,000,000 years ago. \nThey're gone! Get over it.
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Things that exist leave material records. The question is whether or not you trust the sorts of records on offer. And I don't trust them. What would settle the question is the same sorts of things that settle it on other animals? Did T Rex exist? Here's the bones. Is there a cheetah in these woods? Here's the scat and hair, here's the den, here's the impression of it's teeth on a kill....\n\nSo, you get the picture. As long as a thing cannot be shown to exist with believable evidence it is considered to not exist yet. Should we keep looking? Sure. Why not? A walk in the woods is good for the digestion. But save the opinion making until there is clear and convincing evidence.
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Sadly, there are no dinosaurs left living today.  All evidence indicates that they completely died out 65 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period.\n\nThere is some evidence to indicate that birds are descended from one branch of the dinosaurs (not everyone agrees on this), and so in some sense it could be said that dinosaurs are not truly extinct, but that's like saying that since we're still around the Australopithecines are not extinct.  \n\nThe animals that bear the characteristic features that lead them to be classified as dinosaurs are indeed extinct.\n\nCrocodiles and alligators are somewhat related to the ancestors of the dinosaurs, but are not and never were dinosaurs themselves.  They share some of the features of the dinosaurs (teeth set in socketed roots in the jaw etc.), and are the most 'advanced' reptiles alive today, but they are not dinosaurs.\n\nThere are some who claim that creatures such as the Loch Ness Monster ('Nessie') are Plesiosaurs that somehow managed to survive for millions of years, but there is very little evidence to suggest that Nessie actually exists, and even if she did, Plesiosaurs were not Dinosaurs.  They're Plesiosaurs, a totally different lineage with considerably divergent skull morphology from the Dinosaurs.\n\nThere is a creature rumoured to exist deep in the jungles of the Congo, known as Mkele Mbembe.  Descriptions of Mkele Mbembe sound as though they might (might) be describing a small sauropod Dinosaur of some kind.  If Mkele Mbembe exists (doubtful), and it turns out that it is indeed a living Dinosaur (also doubtful) then we would have a living Dinosaur still on the planet, and we'd have to try and figure out why no Dinosaur fossils have shown up anywhere on Earth in that 65 million year span.
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"Missing Link" Still Missing\n\nImaginations certainly took flight over Archaeoraptor Liaoningensis, a birdlike fossil with a meat-eater’s tail that was spirited out of northeastern China, ‘discovered’ at a Tucson, Arizona, gem and mineral show last year, and displayed at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. Some 110,000 visitors saw the exhibit, which closed January 17; millions more read about the find in November’s National Geographic. Now, paleontologists are eating crow. Instead of ‘a true missing link’ connecting dinosaurs to birds, the specimen appears to be a composite, its unusual appendage likely tacked on by a Chinese farmer, not evolution. \n\n"Archaeoraptor is hardly the first ‘missing link’ to snap under scrutiny. In 1912, fossil remains of an ancient hominid were found in England’s Piltdown quarries and quickly dubbed man’s apelike ancestor. It took decades to reveal the hoax." U.S. News & World Report, February 14, 2000 \n\n"Darwin admitted that millions of ‘missing links,’ transitional life forms, would have to be discovered in the fossil record to prove the accuracy of his theory that all species had gradually evolved by chance mutation into new species. Unfortunately for his theory, despite hundreds of millions spent on searching for fossils worldwide for more than a century, the scientists have failed to locate a single missing link out of the millions that must exist if their theory of evolution is to be vindicated." Grant R. Jeffery, The Signature of God \n\n"There are gaps in the fossil graveyard, places where there should be intermediate forms, but where there is nothing whatsoever instead. No paleontologist . . . denies that this is so. It is simply a fact. Darwin’s theory and the fossil record are in conflict." David Berlinsky \n\n"Scientists concede that their most cherished theories are based on embarrassingly few fossil fragments and that huge gaps exist in the fossil record." Time magazine, Nov. 7, 1977 \n\n"The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing." G. K. Chesterton\n\n\n\n\n\nThe test of any theory is whether or not it provides answers to basic questions. Some well-meaning but misguided people think evolution is a reasonable theory to explain man’s questions about the universe. Evolution is not a good theory—it is just a pagan religion masquerading as science. \n\n1. Where did the space for the universe come from? \n\n2. Where did matter come from? \n\n3. Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?\n\n4. How did matter get so perfectly organized?\n\n5. Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing?\n\n6. When, where, why, and how did life come from dead matter?\n\n7. When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce itself?\n\n8. With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?\n\n9. Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances of survival? (Does the individual have a drive to survive, or the species? How do you explain this?)\n\n10. How can mutations (recombining of the genetic code) create any new, improved varieties? (Recombining English letters will never produce Chinese books.) \n\n11. Is it possible that similarities in design between different animals prove a common Creator instead of a common ancestor? \n\n12. Natural selection only works with the genetic information available and tends only to keep a species stable. How would you explain the increasing complexity in the genetic code that must have occurred if evolution were true? \n\n13. When, where, why, and how did: a) Single-celled plants become multicelled? (Where are the two- and threecelled intermediates?) b) Single-celled animals evolve? c) Fish change to amphibians? d) Amphibians change to reptiles? e) Reptiles chan
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Actually, there's a very simple explanation.\n\nDinosaur fossils have been around for tens of millions of years.  They include fossilized bones and teeth, but also fossilized impressions of skin and footprints.  \n\nThousands of years ago, our ancestors stumbled uppon such fossils just as we do today.  They knew nothing about bones turning to rock and they certainly had no idea about the age of these things.  The fossils could have been a month old or a decade.  Still, they never saw any living dinosaurs.\n\nThey made the best assumption that they could - there were huge lizard beasts that used to be common but now were rare.  All of them - some with feet, some without, some with wings, some without - got lumped together, thrown into the blender of folklore and came out as dragons.\n\nAnd since dinosaur fossils are everywhere on earth, dragon myths are everywhere as well.\n\nNow, doesn't that make sense?
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http://www.bibleandscience.com/science/dinosaurs.htm explains everything.
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It is impossible as far as we can tell. Jurassic Park was a story. If anyone has been able to obtain dinosaur DNA, and that is still very much in dispute, the amount the have found is miniscule. Trying to reconstruct a dinosaur from what we have is literally like trying to physically reconstruct New York City from half a page ripped out of a telephone directory. And that is not an exaggeration. We have next to no genetic information, we have absolutely no information about the way that information was configured. We have no information about how to incubate the creature if we did create it. \n\nThose aren’t problems that can be overcome by technology. It’s not a case of retrieving the information somewhere that it’s hidden as with the human genome project. The information simply doesn’t exist. We have absolutely no way of ever getting that information ever again. \n\nThe only vaguely plausible method would be to evolutionarily ‘regress’ living descendants of dinosaurs such as birds. That’s so far outside our ability at the moment that it’s almost pure science fiction, but it isn’t actually physically impossible the way that using fragmentary DNA is.
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Paper Maché Dinosaur\n\nYou will need:\n\n* information about the dinosaur\n* sketch paper \n* pencil & eraser \n* colored pencils or crayons \n* lots of newspaper \n* masking tape \n* paper towels or soft paper \n* cardboard (that can be cut with scissors) \n* scissors \n* paper maché paste (Ross Art Paste works great) & * large container with lid for paste \n* tempera paints & brushes & mixing containers \n* clear, water-based, non-toxic "varnish" (Mod Podge Gloss Lustre, Rightstep Water-Based Varnish or watered down white glue) optional \n* any other objects you wish to add (for eyes, teeth, patterns etc.) optional \n* materials for display (board to mount, string to hang etc.) optional\n(You can find these craft supplies at most crafts or art supply stores, such as DickBlick.com) \n\n1. Research the dinosaur you selected. Find out as much as you can about the dinosaur. Learn as much as you can about its anatomy to build your sculpture.\n\n2. Make sketches of your dinosaur. Plan its pose. What is it doing? Draw an outline.\n\nWhat are the basic shapes of your dinosaur? Highlight the forms that you will make from newspaper. \n\n3. Make body parts with newspaper, cardboard and masking tape. Crush, squeeze and twist newpaper into very tight forms. Cut flat shapes from cardboard. Tape firmly as you go! Make sure your pieces are smooth and very firm. Rub the tape so no edges come loose.\n\n4. Tape the body parts together. Use lots of tape and rub it hard to be sure it won't come off. Tape all the way around each body part—layer the tape in different directions. You may have to tear the tape into small pieces to get in the tiny seams. Test the body parts to make sure they don't come off easily.\n\n5. Time to paper maché! Find a place to work. Cover your work space with newspaper. Prepare your paper maché paste. Have a towel handy to wipe your hands. Tear lots of small strips of newspaper--no bigger than your finger. For very small, detailed parts you will need even smaller strips.\n\nDip each newspaper strip in your paste. Then pull strip through two fingers to remove excess paste. You want them wet but not drippy and slimy.\n\nCover the body with newspaper strips. Rub them well so no edges pop up. Rub out all air bubbles too!\n\nAllow to dry. Do another layer of newspaper strips and dry. Do one more final coat with paper towels (brown "school" paper towels work great!) or smooth, soft paper. \n\nYou are ready to paint when your dinosaur is sturdy and smooth. Let it dry very thoroughly!\n\n6. Paint with tempera paint. First, you may want to try out different colors and patterns by coloring your sketch with crayons or colored pencils.\n\nPaint the main colors first, recoat if needed, then paint the details and patterns. \n\nYou may also want to coat with a clear, water-based, non-toxic "varnish" (Mod Podge Gloss Lustre, Rightstep Water-Based Varnish or watered down white glue).\n\nHope your daughter does well on her paper mache dinosaur :)
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I'm curious.  If finding bones is "stupid" evidence, what would you consider "good" evidence?  Thank heavens you are not in law enforcement.  I can just imagine YOU leading an investigation into the disapperance of a young lady.  Someone leads you to the scene of her murdered body lying in a field and your first response is "Well, what evidence do we have that she was murdered--and don't tell me, 'That is her murdered body right there detective!' I want GOOD evidence."\n\nIf you are going to ignore the bones found from dinosaurs then that leaves......nothing.  So using your warped historical investigation techinques, I guess we have to conclude that dinosaurs never existed.
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First you would have to find an evolutionist, whatever that is. And second you need to prove the existance of some alleged temporal hell.
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The existence of dinosaurs is a scientifically proven FACT. The Bible is a traditional compendium of narratives spanning many centuries. Belief in the Bible is a matter of FAITH.\nIf you choose to believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible, then there's no place for dinosaurs. Or you could come up with some laughable (from a scientific viewpoint) and wild theory such as the ones mentioned above.\nIf you are able to understand that the Bible holds so many much more important messages and ideas, and that it was composed in very different historical and cultural circumstances (and some parts are just not applicable today), then you can approach paleontology and evolution without feeling that you're condemning yourself.  \nFaith and science are not incompatible.\n\n------------------------------------\ncanislupus, that was _awesome_ lol!\n\nHowever, I've answered in earnest, I hope the asker is not offended by the joke.
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ask a christian or a muslim then you would know that no dinosaur was more than 6000 years old :D\nother than that i don't really know :-<
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dinosaur egg... is this a real question?