No. The bible never mentions dinosaurs so they are also figments of the imaginations of scientists.
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No. That's because they are the creation of 19th century science fiction writers.
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Its Carico, So you know its idiotic.
Now that my parents are retired, they like to go to a little place called DRUMHELLER in Alberta, and they have participated in a few sponsored digs.
They have a lovely picture of my mother standing beside the bones of a hadrosaur of some sort
When I knew my Grandmother, she was well into her 70's. She was a Hungarian immigrant to the U.S. By nature she was a well-grounded, very practical person who wouldn't put up with much nonsense.
As a child obsessed with dinosaurs I was amazed to hear her tell me, with no uncertainty, that there were no such things as dinosaurs. I showed her my books with the pictures of the fossils and footprints, but she would not be deterred.
She told me that she had lived a very long life and that she had seen many hoaxes during her life. She said that as a young girl were no dinosaurs in museums: all they had were old clothes, weapons, stuffed animals and rocks. She said that in comparison to carnivals and sideshows, museum attendance was very poor.
According to my Grandmother, the museums invented dinosaurs to bolster attendance. They would hire sculptors and artists to secretly carve bones out of rock, which they would then assemble into dinosaurs. Each museum would complete with each other for who had the biggest dinosaur in their collection.
She pointed out that the ruse had worked perfectly and the museums not only gained the attendance they sought, but they could also sell dinosaur toys, books, artwork and the fossil-sculptures as souvenirs.
Everytime I watch a show about paleontology, I remember my Grandmother's words as I watch the fossil hunters slowly chisel a dinosaur bone from a piece of rock. In the back of my mind, I'm thinking to myself: "Wow, that guy's a really good sculptor."
Carico, there are A LOT of animals that aren't mentioned in the bible. What about them? I'm pretty sure penguins are real, and they're not mentioned anywhere. You can't tell me that penguins aren't real. (Though how can you deny penguins, really? They're so cute!) And what about the platypus?! (which my friend refers to as 'the ultimate evidence against a reasonable and loving god')
"No. The bible never mentions dinosaurs so they are also figments of the imaginations of scientists."
Uh huh, much like cars, planes and polar bears are figments of our imaginations, too.
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"No. That's because they are the creation of 19th century science fiction writers."
Dinosaur fossils were discovered well before the 19th century.
Any of Carico's I.Q. points above room-temperature are a figment of her imagination... and it's really cold in here.
And I guess the whole story of the huge T. Rex skeleton dubbed "Sue" that was found in 1990, confiscated by the Feds, fought over in court and eventually bought for $6 million by Chicago's Field Museum was somebody's imagination, too.
Am I the only one who wants to respond to this by saying, "But lookit the bones!" in a very silly voice?
Well . . . okay, yeah, I probably am. But that's the first thing that crossed my mind.
Irene
"No. The bible never mentions dinosaurs so they are also figments of the imaginations of scientists.
So scientists just make things up. Not unlike the men who wrote the bible (who said that hares chewed cud).
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I really wish I could've seen the response to this.
No. That's because they are the creation of 19th century science fiction writers."
Oh gosh, what an argument! I don't even know where to start.
Carico deserves an award because she just turned a scientifically proven theory into a mind creation of sci-fi writers. Maybe she could get the "Scientists and sci-fi writers are one and the same" award.
Response to Things Fall Apart (#149968):
Not alone, my friend.
"And lo, Jesus did lead the apostles to Galilee, but lo they found the path to be blocked by a huge brotosaurus! With a splinter in it's paw.
And the apostles did run-a-screamin' 'What a big fuckin' lizard, oh lord!'
'Well I'm sure gonna mention it in MY book!' said Simon.
'Well I'm sure gonna mention it in MY book!' said Bartholemew.
'I'm not really SURE what I just saw!' said James.
'It was a BIG fuckin' lizard!' said Judas.
But JESUS was unafraid, and he pulled the splinter out of the Brontosaurus's paw. And the two became friends."
Also not mentioned in the bible are microwave ovens, Japan, and the Indy 500.
See where I'm going with this?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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