Vic's Questions

Creationism Jedi Master Dr. J,
Would you be so kind as to refresh my memory why the following might not be true:

1. Reptiles and amphibians continue to grow as long as they continue to live.

Well Vic, that is true. The problem with creation-believers is that they often try to say that's why the dinosaurs grew to be so large -- that they were just "big old lizards," claiming that since people lived to be in their 900's so did the animals, thus giving us the dinosaurs. There are some serious fact-problems with this idea circulating around in the church world today.

First off, dinosaurian reptiles were like no other ever in the history of the world--they were not just "big lizards." They had leg joints positioning their feet directly under the weight of their bodies--not off to the side like all other known Orders in Class Reptilia. They also had turbinates in their muzzles, alot like the nasal passages usually found in mammals like dogs. Yeah, they might have lived really long, like the pre-Flood people did but--that's not why they were so big and so different from everything else that's ever lived. Plus, some kinds of dino's were so small they could stand up in your hand--full grown. The "big lizard" thing just makes us all look naive to scientists.

2. In the antediluvian world, man lived extensively longer than in the postdiluvian world, to such ripe old recorded ages as 969 years (Genesis 5).

Well, I'll tell ya Vic -- why not? The Bible says so, it fits the chronology, and there's no medical researcher yet who's been able to figure out why we --don't-- all live to be 1000. Oh yeah, we know --what-- happens in the aging process, but secular scientists still can't tell -- why. The Bible says death is the consequence of sin -- the Bible tells why we age and die.

3. In that same antediluvian world, the same conditions which allowed for such longevity in humans might have also allowed for similar longevity in animals, including reptiles and amphibians.

That makes perfect sense Vic. Are you suggesting that it's not true? I don't see any scientific reason to doubt it, given the current state of biological knowledge and the Biblical chronology.

4. In that case, some of modern day reptiles and amphibians may be mini-dinos who simply have not and will not live long enough to grow as large as what we see in fossilized remains of dinos.

(see answer to first question)

5. As most creationists seem to agree that when God created the various species, including humans, He created them as mature, fully-grown adult specimens capable of reproduction. Therefore, many types of reptiles and amphibians may have been created as what would today be considered dinos.

Oh sure, I am certain from all of the evidence and the logic and the scriptures -- there were full-size dinosaurs walking the earth with Adam & Eve by the end of Day Six of the world.