T - Rex and arthritis was in the "New Scientist" magazine, and the "National Geographic" - early 90s.
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Dinosaurs
by tank 16 Replies latest jw friends
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Mr Ben
According to "God’s channel of truth" dinosaurs lived at the same time as humans, and went extinct 4,370 or so years ago during the Flood!
The book A Vanished World: The Dinosaurs of Western Canada states that "all of the 11 major kinds of dinosaurs . . . ceased to exist in the western interior at about the same time." This, and the fact that human bones have not been found with dinosaur bones, is why most scientists conclude that the Age of Dinosaurs ended before humans came on the scene.
However, it should be noted that there are some who say that dinosaur bones and human bones are not found together because dinosaurs did not live in areas of human habitation. Such differing views demonstrate that the fossil record does not yield its secrets so easily and that no one on earth today really knows all the answers. (Awake, Feb 8th, 1990, p4)
Some dinosaurs (and pterosaurs) may indeed have been created in the fifth era listed in Genesis, when the Bible says that God made "flying creatures" and "great sea monsters." Perhaps other types of dinosaurs were created in the sixth epoch. (Ibid, p11) [Note that the "sixth epoch" is the sixth day of Genesis, the same day Adam & Eve were created!]
In this connection, William J. Miller, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of California at Los Angeles, notes in An Introduction to Historical Geology (1952): "Comparatively few remains of organisms now inhabiting the earth are being deposited under conditions favorable for their preservation as fossils. . . . It is, nevertheless, remarkable that so vast a number of fossils are embedded in the rocks." A catastrophe such as the Noachian flood could account for this. (The Watchtower, Jul 15th, 1968, p421)
So there you have it - dinos lived with man! LOL! The Witchtower is eagerly awaiting the day dino bones are found with human bones! Yep, any day now, any day now..... armageddon coming soon.... dino & human bones coming soon.... any day now........
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Gerard
So there you have it - dinos lived with man! LOL!
Those Witless writers did their research while watcing the Flinstones!
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Quandry
There actually is something that I wanted to say.......
inkling said:
As a kid, I leapt for joy when it came in the mail because -get this- before reading the Awake article my
mom flat out refused to believe in dinosaurs.Yeah, she said she thought they were all a hoax.
After the Awake came out with "permission" from the F+DS to believe in them, we started going to
dino museums and the like.THAT is just too hilarious, but so understandable!!! She needed "permission" to believe in them.
The WTS says that each creative day was 7,000 years long. Well, that would mean that dinosaurs were created only a few thousand years ago if they were created on the fourth or fifth creative day. Yet the current National Geographic magazine has a fascinating article on yet new types of dinosaurs being uncovered, some in the Sahara desert which used to be an inland sea!! (And not just a few thousand years ago)
That is why the magazine article was vague about dinosaurs and why they were here. I remember waiting for the magazine to come out, all excited, hoping for answers. The articles basically said, "Yep, they were here, all right. We can't officially deny they presence of fossils, but since we don't know we'll just publish some meaningless drivel that gives no information but pretend that we have everything under control."
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Awakened07
The WTS says that each creative day was 7,000 years long.
Not anymore, apparently. Now it's just "thousands of years". Not sure exactly when it changed, but there really was no use for the 7000 years per day thing when 1975 didn't pan out. So 'new light' came around and sorted that wrinkle out, as usual.
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Quandry
Not anymore, apparently. Now it's just "thousands of years". Not sure exactly when it changed, but there really was no use for the 7000 years per day thing when 1975 didn't pan out. So 'new light' came around and sorted that wrinkle out, as usual.
Yes, you are right. I had forgotten. So much new light, so much deep thinking required, but I digress.....
Even in that event, it would not be enough time. Millions of years were needed. Scientists know that at one time all the continents were combined as one, and then became two, then broke apart to form the current ones, and are even now on the move. I just finished a geography class which was fascinating. The professor has his degree in geography, but works as an archeologist. He was relating that there are dinosaur bones that can be seen in the mountains of Antarctica.
Bet we won't see an Awake article admitting that anytime soon.......
