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Originally Posted by DRZ400
Russ B, foreverwar, xocemp, and lucy7, could you be so kind as to answer the above question, stating either 'Yes' or 'No', feel free to add a comment as to why you either stated 'Yes' or 'No' if you like.
All I'm trying to do is understand.
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<cough, cough, splutter> excuse me, whilst I step out of the way of your rapidly expanding proboscis.......
Anyhoo, you are doing your old trick of changing the question when the original answer doesn't suit your purpose.
You originally asked Russ where dinosaurs were mentioned in the Bible - he pointed this out to you, along with the information that the word "dinosaur" originated in the 1800's, so it was of creatures of a similiar size/description, so the word dinosaur would not be in the bible.
Now you are turning the question around (not having received the answer you hoped for in the first place); but I will play along, as it's a quiet day and you are keeping me reasonably amused.
As I have stated before, in this thread and others, I do not believe in the Bible as literal truth (but others may, and that is their right and privilege), and since dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago (after a good innings of approx. 165 million years), and human-like hominids appeared approx. 6 million years ago, it is unlikely (imho) there was dinosaurs (as we know it, T. Rex, brontosaurus, diplidocus, etc) extant at the same time as early man.
However (and there is always a however), people today believe (and I am not one of them) in the Loch Ness monster (allegedly a plesiosaur-like creature), and other stuff like that, but there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
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btw, others with faith may disagree with me, as I do not speak for my fellow posters, just as I do not judge all atheists on your behaviours.
btw2, why are you asking xocemp? He is an atheist, as he stated in post #762
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Originally Posted by xocemp
Your a non believer right?
Ok I'll take the stance of an agnostic, I can do this as an atheist because I done my homework, I've looked at it from many angles and I've spoken with men of faith and doubted my own thoughts for many years.....snippety snip snip...
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