| | Old-Earth Evolutionists believe that dinosaurs roamed the planet between 230 million and 65 million years ago, having "evolved" from presumed "proto-dinosaurs" before the creation of Man, and are now all extinct, except those who "evolved" into birds. | | Old-Earth Evolutionists believe that dinosaurs roamed the planet between 230 million and 65 million years ago, having "evolved" from presumed "proto-dinosaurs" before the creation of Man, and are now all extinct, except those who "evolved" into birds. |
| − | Creationists believe, based on [[archeological]] and Biblical [[evidences]], that dinosaurs were created on the 6th day of the [[Creation Week]], between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago; that they lived in the [[Garden of Eden]] in harmony with other animals, eating only plants; that pairs of various dinosaur baramins were taken onto [[Noah's Ark]] during the [[Great Flood]] and were preserved from drowning; that fossilized dinosaur bones originated during the mass killing of the Flood; and that some descendants of those dinosaurs taken aboard the Ark still roam the earth today. | + | Creationists believe, based on [[archeological]] and Biblical [[evidences]], that dinosaurs were created on the 6th day of the [[Creation Week]]<ref>''Genesis'', 1:25</ref>, between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago; that they lived in the [[Garden of Eden]] in harmony with other animals, eating only plants<ref>''Genesis'' 1:29-30</ref>; that pairs of various dinosaur baramins were taken onto [[Noah's Ark]] during the [[Great Flood]] and were preserved from drowning<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/dinos_on_ark.asp "Were dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?"], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref>; that fossilized dinosaur bones originated during the mass killing of the Flood<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v21/i1/dinosaurbones.asp "Dinosaur bones—just how old are they really?"], ''Creation'' 21(1):54–55, December 1998</ref>; and that some descendants of those dinosaurs taken aboard the Ark still roam the earth today<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v15/i4/dinosaurs.asp "Are dinosaurs alive today?"], ''Creation'' 15(4):12–15, September 1993</ref>. |
| − | Dinosaurs are not explicitly mentioned in the [[Bible]], although the '''behemoth''' in [[Job]] and the '''leviathan''' in [[Isaiah]] are considered by some researchers to represent the '''brachiosaurus''' and '''kronosaurus''' respectively. <ref>http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/dinos.shtml</ref> | + | Dinosaurs are not explicitly mentioned in the [[Bible]], although the '''behemoth''' in [[Job]]<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v15/i2/behemoth.asp "Could Behemoth have been a dinosaur?"], ''TJ'' 15(2):42–45, August 2001</ref> and the '''leviathan''' in [[Isaiah]] are considered by some researchers to represent the '''brachiosaurus''' and '''kronosaurus''' respectively. <ref>http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/dinos.shtml</ref> |