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RE: Holy Stupid
April 27, 2015 at 8:33 am
(April 27, 2015 at 2:02 am)Razzle Wrote: I'd actually have more respect for an assertion that dinosaur fossils are part of a conspiracy, than I do for the common young Earth belief that the dinosaurs were rounded up and rode with Noah. I'd rank it as the more plausible of the two.
I seem to recall some Christians who believed that the dinosaurs were left off the ark, and that is why they died. I don't have a link for that, as it is going on memory from before the internet.
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RE: Holy Stupid
April 27, 2015 at 8:41 am
(April 26, 2015 at 3:21 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Take a look at:
https://uncertaintist.wordpress.com/2015...is-a-hoax/
Thanks Pyrrho!
I thought it had to be a hoax, but now days the fundies make me wonder what is going on in that pea sized brain of theirs
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RE: Holy Stupid
April 27, 2015 at 9:22 am
(April 27, 2015 at 8:33 am)Pyrrho Wrote: (April 27, 2015 at 2:02 am)Razzle Wrote: I'd actually have more respect for an assertion that dinosaur fossils are part of a conspiracy, than I do for the common young Earth belief that the dinosaurs were rounded up and rode with Noah. I'd rank it as the more plausible of the two.
I seem to recall some Christians who believed that the dinosaurs were left off the ark, and that is why they died. I don't have a link for that, as it is going on memory from before the internet.
I can't find examples either. I imagine it's unpopular because most of these people are inerrantists and so can't deny that Noah obeyed God in taking two of every animal that breathes through nostrils.
I would be on the side that says they'd already died out, if it were me. Or, second best, that they took eggs and God told them which were male and which were female. If you're going to make stuff up, why not make it a less ridiculous mental image?
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RE: Holy Stupid
April 27, 2015 at 9:47 am
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(April 27, 2015 at 9:22 am)Razzle Wrote: (April 27, 2015 at 8:33 am)Pyrrho Wrote: I seem to recall some Christians who believed that the dinosaurs were left off the ark, and that is why they died. I don't have a link for that, as it is going on memory from before the internet.
I can't find examples either. I imagine it's unpopular because most of these people are inerrantists and so can't deny that Noah obeyed God in taking two of every animal that breathes through nostrils.
I would be on the side that says they'd already died out, if it were me. Or, second best, that they took eggs and God told them which were male and which were female. If you're going to make stuff up, why not make it a less ridiculous mental image?
I did not look for it when I posted the above. But I did a quick search since reading your reply. In the comments section at this link:
http://www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/..._noahs_ark
Victor Trigg posted:
I think the dinosaurs were all wiped out by God, during the flood.
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RE: Holy Stupid
April 27, 2015 at 10:56 am
(April 27, 2015 at 8:33 am)Pyrrho Wrote: I seem to recall some Christians who believed that the dinosaurs were left off the ark, and that is why they died. I don't have a link for that, as it is going on memory from before the internet.
I prefer a subtly different take: the dinosaurs were left on the ark, as Noah was too fearful to release them, and one day we're going to find the ark and open it up, and all these dinosaurs, evolved from thousands of years locked into this enclosed ecosystem (the ark is so big, you guys. Just ask Ken Ham) are going to be released upon the world.
It's basically the only bible story I want to be true, as it sounds fucking awesome.
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