I have been wondering this for awhile. I dont understand what they think because im not christian. This is not a debate either. OK well here its is. For the Christians who believe the Adam and Eve story (The catholic church has accepted evolution) when do dinosaurs come in. You have got to believe in them right? I mean they have bones for them. The thing i dont get though is adam even were on Earth from the beginning (well one of the seven days i dont remember what one) but then there were considered cavemen? Sorry i might be an idiot, but i don't get this at all.

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I'm not really a "christian" as in the sense of doing/living how the bible tells me to, I believe in God and what the bible says, I just don't follow it.

I deffinetly believe there were "dinosaurs", as in creatures way back when that somehow ended up being killed off, but I don't really think we can know EXACTLY how they looked. In museums I mean, they put them together sure, but how do you know that was actually how they went? How it looked? It's just guesses to me.

Cavemen? No clue there, haven't really thought about it. But who says you have to believe in cavemen if you believe in dinosaurs?

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I was speaking to a christan who told me that bones where placed by the devil to test your believe in the bible. Basic if its not in the bible it didnt happen - have a read and see what you think

What about Dinosaurs and old fossils?

This question involves other issues: How can discovery of extremely old bones of dinosaurs be consistent with the Bible? Or... how could they fit on the ark? Or why doesn’t the Bible mention dinosaurs? Your answer depends on whether you accept an Old Earth or Young Earth viewpoint. Both are briefly addressed below:

Old Earth - Easy answer: Dinosaurs were extinct long before Man. Since the Bible deals with humans and God... why mention dinosaurs? Many creatures are NOT mentioned. With Old Earth, God’s "days" of creation (Yom) were periods of time (even now we say, "days" of old). Some critics say the Bible says there was no death before the fall of Adam. The actual Hebrew text makes the context of "death" unclear. Does it mean physical death or spiritual death? The Hebrew word "muwth" could have been either. Do we know for certain introduction of death meant everything, or just human beings. To a biologist it’s difficult to imagine NO "physical" death. Eating plants causes plant cells to die and millions of human cells die every day. Nowhere in the Bible is it conclusive there wasn’t death (or extinction) before man.

Young Earth - More involved answer: First, there is some evidence showing inaccuracies in scientific dating methods.. (The question is are they ALL wrong? And vastly wrong?) Second, why doesn’t the Bible mention Dinosaurs? The Bible doesn’t mention many creatures and things not relevant to man. Some believe the Bible actually DOES mention dinosaurs [Job 40:15-19; 41:1-10]. Third, how did dinosaurs fit in the ark? There is no Biblical indication that God didn’t intend the extinction of dinosaurs before the flood (for whatever reason). If dinosaurs were brought into the ark, it would be difficult to account for space requirements unless they were eggs or very young.

http://www.evidenceofgod.com/answers/creation5.htm

 

 

 

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According to what most Christians interprete about the age of Adam and Eve is only a figurative language. So, the real age of Adam and Eve could be as old or older than those of dinosaurs and others. The problem you have mentioned is in the years, are Adam and Eve older or younger than these animals are those animals are found to be much more older than Adam and Eve. Also, according to the Bible, it is creation not evolution. So, when the Bible records God created everything on six days, what was one day? Was it really 24hours or more? That process could be evolution, but when that process is complete it could become one day too. So, this thing are believed by Christians by faith. Science is not bad, but it cannot tell us exactly how it had happened too. So, faith comes into existence. Evolution cannot begin unless there is a bang. And if it begins that way, how did the big bang began when there was nothing... probably this is the act of God. Man has these limits..

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I also think the story of Adam and Eve is meant in a figure of speech way.
Dinosaurs were here before us, since they were the first inhabitants of the Earth. But there are proofs that there also was a civilization in that time, probably in one of the late ages and I do think that dinosaurs weren't wiped out by a meteor, but wiped out by some nuclear or natural disaster, created by humans, like what is happening at this moment. I know it sounds controversial, but I'm pretty sure 'Adam and Eve' were two of the survivors/descendants of that civilization and that their story also relates to the story of the Arch of Noach and Osiris' Arch.

No one will know if the Earth really was created in 7 days, but I think those 7 days should be the 7 steps in wich a solarsystem with it's planets is created. We have to keep in mind that the bible was written 2000 years ago, by people who had forgotten science and thus wouldn't understand everything we understand now.

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