Dinosaurs and Man

[The Grand Nudger]

You know the demonic (or spirit) explanations for illnesses have never bothered me. People the world over have proposed this as an explanation for something that actually happens, a problem that actually exists. Fire breathing dragons are a flight of pure fantasy, all credibility is completely eroded the minute the authors propose dragons. There is nothing to observe and explain with dragons, not a thing. People sometimes assume that "dragons" were an explanation for dinosaur fossils, but take a moment to really mull that over. How precisely does one go from a pile of bones to fire-breathing (or flying, or maiden stealing, or frost creeping, or boat smashing-fisherman killing[leviathan]) dragons? You don't. The dragon story already exists, and, at best, you just claim the bones for the pre-existing narrative. It's absurd to me that a text can propose dragons in one breath and "history" in the next and not receive the sort of critical eye that such a tale deserves. Why not throw your chips in with Kraken, Panlong, or Uncegila? Before the allegory or symbolism camp chimes in..allegory for what, symbolism for what? Uh-huh. Make no mistake, these people believed, they believed so strongly that this creatures existence was seen as a proof of gods existence and power (which is exactly what the leviathan narratives purpose is, plain as day, just from the text).

Would you prefer that the text read, "who is so great but god that can create a fictional creature?" - I may have a few suggestions as to an answer for that question-