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Pip is quite the dinosaur enthusiast- always has been. she’s thinking of going into paleontology in college. two of her biggest questions were:
thus inspires a new series on tough questions that kids ask. just for fun, i asked some of my friends what their children thought about dinosaurs and the ark. here are their responses…
Yes {how’s that for sweet and simple?}
Aiden (2) from Inspiration Laboratories
Yep. Dinosaurs. Went real far away. All way home. {In a very serious tone}
Grayson (2) from Imprintalish
Yeah {With a big grin and a chuckle in his voice}
Little Dude (3) from Davis Domestications
No..well… there were two of them
Lele (3) from Mama Mia’s Heart 2 Heart
Johnny: Umm… Just animals.
Johnny: Uh huh.
Mom: So were dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?
Johnny: Yes.
No, because its not in my book {pulls out Noah’s Ark book and points at the pictures.}
Putti (4) from Putti Prapancha
Yes! T-rex was on there and he went to a ginormous volcano!
Andrew (4) from Toddler Approved
Yes, of course there were dinosaurs on Noah’s ark, they were just little baby ones.
Emma (4)
Dinosaurs died before Noah made his ark.
Aurora (4)
No, because I didn’t see them in the Bible story.
No! They were from the Jurassic time. The ark was WAY before that.
Mom: Why?
Emma: I just don’t know!
No because they weren’t mentioned.
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i’m not a pastor.
i’m not a biblical scholar.
i’m a mom who prays that God
will help me in guiding
my children in faith and life.
so here is how i answered Pip
and explain it to Bear.
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in Genesis, it says that God made animals. dinosaurs were animals. so that means that He created them too.
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the specific names of the animals on the ark aren’t written in the Bible.
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Scripture states that 2 of every animal was on the ark. since we believe this to be true, dinosaurs were on the ark. it was very big.
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the dinosaurs that were on the ark couldn’t have been the larger ones like the t-rex or anything like that. it would be more logical that baby dinosaurs were taken.
- like most of the animals that were taken on the Ark, dinosaurs were not the ones that we “see” today in their fossils. all of these animals were the predecessors to the ones we know now.
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**added** the above point does reflect on the evolution theory in relationship to how animals have changed. we look at it this way: the original animals were created to live in a world free of sin. after the flood cleared the earth, it stands to reason that God made changes (evolved) to the animals so they could survive in the world of sin.
Other Resources
Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
Answers in Creation: Job 40-41
I just love these answers, to what is actually a perplexing question! I couldn't even think of answering this yesterday, too dosed up on painkillers to think properly!
I shall definitely keep an eye on these questions, although my boys haven't asked too many difficult questions, I know they are coming, and with my religious views and hubbys pig headed evolution theories, things can get a bit heated!
Awesome post Andie. Very thought provoking. I always tend to think of Jesus as the real man that he was, and being alive not that long ago (relative to the dinosaurs) and therefore I kind of base the bible on that time perspective. I know, totally wrong, but it's where my timing goes. A little ADD maybe??? 🙂
Love the answers that the little kids had… some of them were so funny. You did a great friend!! Just wanted to share with you that the Bible does mention a dinosaur ( I know awesome right.) It's called the leviathan found in the book of Job…share that with your daughter, she would be so excited 🙂
Liked to post and especially how you are trying to dig into the tough questions with kids. This is super important because there will come a time when they ask these questions, and its better to prepare them when they are young. I do disagree that the dinosaurs on the ark were different than the ones we find fossils of. (ending a sentence with a preposition, augh!) There are a great number of resources out there that cover this very thing. My only big objection is that if we say that the dinosaurs and other animals had different predecessors aren't we also saying then that evolution is true? Thanks!
Agreed!
The school can't prevent Pip from talking about the creation story as long as she talks about it at a time when she is free to talk about anything (meaning she's not supposed to be talking about school work) and as long as she doesn't have a captive audience (meaning people are not forced to listen to her).
Also science can't have anything to say about God because science can't deal with the supernatural. It can only deal with the natural world – things that are observable, measurable, testable, repeatable, etc. That in no way means there isn't a God just that science can't measure Him. So science looks for other ways to explain what we observe.
I could probably go on about this (being a Biology teacher and a Christian), but I will stop now. 🙂
I love how the kids seem so matter of fact about their answers! Looking forward to more in this series.
Such a cute post! 🙂
Such a fun post. I LOVE the questions and answers from the littles! Puts a smile on my face.
How thought provoking!! I love the tough questions. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! I hope you will share with us again this week!
Super cute post! I love how you had answers from other kids!! I've always told my kids that there sure could have been – if you look at the dimmensions it is big enough =-) Thanks for linking up to TGIF! See you tomorrow =-)
Beth