In the Garden of Eden (Eden, dinosaur, blood, genesis)

[whatever]

My bible study teacher told me dinosaurs where in the Garden of Eden. He also said dinosaurs didn't eat meat before adam and eve ate the forbidden fruit. If this is true why where dinosaurs designed to hunt and others where designed to eat vegitation? Wouldn't the dinosaurs tear apart humans right after they ate off the forbidden fruit and turn the garden of eden into a blood bath?

[Terrywoodenpic]

Your Bible study teacher would be well to stick to his own territory.
Science is clearly not his strong point.

Perhaps you should ask your science teacher about God and the garden of eden.

Terry_________________________
Amen! Truly I say to you: Gather in my name. I am with you.

[SoyLeche]

I have a hard time believing that Dinosaurs were in the Garden of Eden - but if they were, I'm pretty sure God had the situation under control. Maybe they were so full of grass at the time of the fall that they weren't hungry. Or maybe they weren't interested in a moutfull a human when they could feast on Brontosaurus.

[jewscout]

again trying to reconcile science with Genesis.
i have yet to find a satisfactory answer to this problem except for those based strictly on faith.
which is not necessarily a bad thing but lets call it what it is.

[jonny]

Your bible teacher is guessing. Ask him/her for a source. It ain't in the Bible.

[whatever]

Weren't dinosaurs extinct when man was created?

[whatever]

Okay did god say "bring two of every animal" on noah's ark?

[Terrywoodenpic]

Originally Posted by whatever

Okay did god say "bring two of every animal" on noah's ark?

No you got the numbers wrong.


Terry____________________
Amen! Truly I say to you: Gather in my name. I am with you.

[robtex]

Whatever,

Let me ask a favor of you. A long-term project if you will. Find out for yourself what you think the story of Edan is. Specifically and on your own (aka without your bible study teacher's help) find out

1) Where Edan was on earth
2) When it existed
3) Theories on when and where dinosaurs were and how they became extinct
4) basic premises of evolution
5) basic premises of creationism. (garden of edan is a creationist theory)

Set a time frame of anywhere from 6 months to two years to figure the theories of those 5 areas, the merit of each theory and the specific reasons you agree or disagree with the things you read. Best of luck to you.

[spacemonkey]

If you think of the one week creation story as a metaphor for the differant prehistoric eras (i.e. each day representing what scientests would call the jurassic, mesozoic, etc), and the Garden of Eden as the Earth before it was spoiled by man, then you could make a case for dinosaurs being there.