Cloud Ten Pictures 2010

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© Cloud Ten Pictures 2010
Viewing Instructions
The Dragons or Dinosaurs DVD should be played in
sequential order, beginning with the �rst chapter of
the DVD.
Dragons are deeply integrated
into Asian cultures
You can �nd the suggested chapters by going to
the Main Menu of the DVD and selecting “Scene
Selections”. Once there, select the chapter. It should
play automatically, then stop it at the suggested
time below.
Please note that certain chapters should be played
together. Following are the chapter run and stop
times:
Chapter 1 & 2 - Dragon Legends
(Approx. 16 min.)
Dragons or Dinosaurs Introduction (Ends at 1:02:07)
Dragon Legends (Ends at 1:15:45)
Chapter 3 & 4 Dragon Artifacts & History
(Approx. 14 min.)
Dragons Artifacts (Ends at 1:24:53)
Dragon History (Ends at 1:29:52)
Chapter 5 – Dragons = Dinosaurs
(Approx.9 min. - Ends at 1:38:52)
Chapter 6 – Fossil Formation and Flood
Chapter 7 – Dating Methods and Soft Dino Tissue
Chapter 8 & 9 – Evolution vs Science and Men of God
(Approx. 11 min.)
Evolution vs Science (Ends at 2:01:38)
Men of God (Ends at 2:05:14)
Chapter 10 – Dinos in the Bible
At the end of each suggested chapter (as outlined)
pause the dvd and refer to the student questions
that relate to that section, as well as any other
selected activities.
To help you with the scheduling, the approximate
time of each exercise and activity is also shown in
brackets. This will help you to determine the amount
of time that your students will need to complete the
assignments.
Be sure to make note of any supplies or special
requirements for the activity you choose.
CHAPTERS 1 & 2
DRAGON LEGENDS
Chapter 11 & 12 – Evidence vs Bias and Creation=Creator
(Approx.11 min.)
Summary
Evidence vs Bias (Ends at 2:17:18)
Creation=Creator (Ends at 2:24:260)
Dragon legends span many cultures. Europe, Asia,
Australasia, North and South America, all have
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dragon legends. Most people consider these legends similar creatures. The only way this is possible is if all the
as mere myths, simple products of a fertile human
legends shared a common starting point - ie: the people
imagination.
all had encounters with similar creatures. There is a
universal theme across the globe, over many different
But what if dragons were really dinosaurs? What if
continents, many different cultures, and over vast spans
there was proof that they existed and even walked
of human history which indicates that there is a core
the earth the same time as human beings?
truth to Dragon legends.
Dragon legends describe large reptile-like creatures
with sharp teeth, claws and scales. Some are
described as having wings or breathing �re. Could
these similar descriptions all be a remarkable
coincidence, or were they inspired by actual
creatures that roamed the earth?
Summary Questions
1. What do you think of when you hear the word
‘Dinosaur’?
2. What do you think of when you hear the word
‘Dragon’?
3. How do you think that Dragons and Dinosaurs
look similar?
4. What other animals can you think of that
might resemble a dinosaur?
5. Can you think of any Dragon legends/fairy
tales you have heard of?
Activity Ideas
Match up the dragon to the dinosaur!
Refer to Activity Sheet #1
Think of your own Dragon legend! Draw a mini
comic for it with pictures.
Play hide and seek where one person is a Dragon
looking to �nd and eat someone!
Hot Dinosaur Egg! (Like Hot Potato) Have kids
stand around in a circle, and pass around a plastic
egg or other prop. Don’t be the last one left
holding the egg when the music stops, or you’ll
become extinct!
Interesting Facts
1. The Seneca Indians of North America told of an
enormous horned dragon called the Doonangaes
in the northeastern United States that could be
6. Where do you think Dragon legends come
from?
7. What do you think it would have been like to
live with dinosaurs?
8. Do you think of Dragons/Dinosaurs as
monsters?
9. How do you think a Dragon legend from one
country might be different than a legend
from another country? ie: China and Mexico?
10. Why do all of the Dragon legends indicate a
common starting point?
The people telling the legends are separated by large
amounts of time and space. They would not have been
able to share their stories yet they all describe very
Ancient Petroglyph
of a T-Rex (Arizona)
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seen sunning himself on the banks of lakes and
rivers. He also had been seen in deep pools of
water.The Doonongaes is especially interesting
because the Seneca Indians assigned to this giant
horned reptile habits that are distinctly reptilian,
much like an alligator or crocodile. However,
alligators and crocodiles do not have crests, horns,
or frills like the Doonangaes was said to have.
2. In China, the Shen Lung was a multicolored
dragon who was so impressive that its image was
assigned to that of the emperor of China himself.
In fact, the image of the winged dragon, Shen
Lung, was so revered, that any other person who
was not the emperor who was caught wearing an
image of Shen Lung, was put to death!
3. In North America, the Seneca Indians of
Northeastern United States described a �ying
dragon that would �y emit �ery trails in such a
way that it earned the name meteor-�re dragon.
Its Seneca name was Gaasyendietha
These and other facts lead us to believe that there
were actual encounters between humans and
dragons (which we now call dinosaurs) in the not so
distant past.
Summary Questions
1. How do you know that dinosaurs are extinct?
Could some still be hidden somewhere?
2. What would you do if you ever saw a
dinosaur?
3. Do you think you could train a dinosaur/
dragon?
4. How do we know that dinosaurs existed?
Fossil �ndings allowed man to discover the existence
of dinosaurs.
5. What does the mammoth have to do with
proving that people encountered dinosaurs?
CHAPTERS 3 & 4
DRAGON ARTIFACTS and HISTORY
Summary
Artifacts, drawings and carvings of extreme antiquity
suggest that ancient humans could have walked
with dinosaurs. Historical accounts of beasts with the
same physical attributes as dinosaurs and pterosaurs
have been recorded by such famous historical
�gures such as Alexander the Great, Herodotus,
Marco Polo and Flavius Josephus.
It is widely accepted that humans lived with
mammoths, because often spear points of human
spears are found in mammoth fossils. There is a cave
in France where there are drawings of a mammoth
engaged in combat with a dinosaur – if mammoths
lived with humans, and mammoths also lived with
dinosaurs, that means that humans also lived
amongst dinosaurs.
6. What Dragon artifacts have you seen?
7. What are some famous Dragons?
Jabberwocky from Alice in Wonderland, Puff the
Magic Dragon, Mushu from Milan, Pete’s Dragon,
Dragon from Shrek, Smaug from Lord of the Rings.
8. What kinds of dinosaurs do you think these
famous Dragons could be based on?
9. Why might some sculptures or images of
dragons not look exactly like dinosaurs that we
know today?
Herodotus
Ancient peoples had the tendency to exaggerate
their depictions of animals. These sculptures and
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drawings are based on what people saw, and they
likely combined characteristics from the creatures
that they viewed �rst hand.
10. Why don’t dinosaur fossils tell us exactly how
the dinosaur used to look?
2. There is reason to believe that American Indians
have left many cave carvings of dragon or dinosaur
images. These carvings can be found in national
parks all over the United States and Canada.
3. The Greek historian Herodotus gave an account
of �ying reptiles with bat-like wings in his time and
Pliny the Elder actually wrote multiple times of
dragons feeding on elephants.
CHAPTER 5
DRAGONS = DINOSAURS
Summary
Depiction of a Triceratops on ancient pottery
Because the skin, cartilage, and muscles of the
dinosaur all disappear over long periods of time.
Activity Ideas:
So are dragons actually dinosaurs? The word
dinosaur is a modern word invented in 1841. The
King James version of the Bible was printed in 1611.
So for the same reason that you don’t �nd the word
“computer” in the Bible, you won’t �nd the word
dinosaur. However, you will �nd the word dragon.
In the 1611 KJV Bible it mentions “dragon” 35 times.
Even today “living fossils” such as the Coelacanth,
the Rock Rat and Ginko tree prove that species
previously thought to be extinct are living among us.
Make up your own Dragon character based on
your favorite dinosaur.
Take a look at the skeleton of an African Elephant.
Draw what you think this creature would look like
if you didn’t know it actually has big ears and a
trunk.
Make your own dinosaur fossil!
Coelacanth
Summary Questions
Make your own pictograh (painting on a rock) of
an animal you see around you.
1. Why don’t you �nd the word Dinosaur in the
Bible?
Dino egg hunt! Hide some plastic eggs outside
around the house, with dinosaur �gures or pictures
inside, and have children hunt for them. Once they
uncover the eggs, have them write short stories
about the dinosaur they uncover.
The word dinosaur was invented in 1841, so
you would not �nd the word in the King James
Bible which was transcribed in 1611. In the Bible,
dinosaurs are referred to as Behemoth or Leviathan.
Interesting Facts
1. Did you know that Flavius Josephus, in his
Antiquities of the Jews, spoke of Dragons being
encountered by Moses?
2. What other contemporary words can you
think of that may not be in the Bible ?
E.g. Telephone, computer, etc.
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3. What living things have been found in recent
history that were initially thought to have been
extinct?
Coelacanth, the Wollemi Pine
4. Why do you think living species become
extinct?
5. Do you think you’ll ever see a live dinosaur?
6. If you were hunting for dinosaurs, where
would you go to look? How would you hunt
for it?
Pterosaur
Activity Ideas
Play a game of ‘telephone’ – to illustrate how
stories can become distorted and completely
different as they are passed on through
generations. Start with a phrase like “Dragons
and dinosaurs are big scary creatures!” and then
whisper it to the next person in a big circle, until it
gets back to the end.
Interesting Facts
1. The atheist and evolutionist Carl Sagan also
found the amazing connection between the
physiological representations of dragons in their
accounts and the known physiology of dinosaurs.
He believed the worldwide phenomenon of
dragon legends, and their resemblance, even a
Tyrannosaurus Rex was no accident. He believed
that dragon legends arose because humanity has
genetically remembered what our pre-human
ancestors experienced. Obviously, there is no
evidence that any creature can inherit memories!
So his idea is not possible.
2. It is important to understand that not all
dragons are what we technically call dinosaurs
today. Dinosaurs only refer to non-�ying, land
creatures. As an example, a pterosaur is not
considered a dinosaur. However, we do think
Pterosaurs were also lumped together and called
dragons. The reason for this is that the bat-like
wings that so many of the dragons had are a
perfect description of the wings of a Pterosaur.
3. Moses released Ibises into the air to help
engage the �ying serpents to keep them away
from the people. Fascinating enough, Pliny the
Elder also records that the Egyptians would use
the Ibis against these reptiles as well. This gives us
a stunning con�rmation to Josephus’account of
Moses - for Moses lived in Egypt and was trained
by the Egyptians. Therefore, it makes sense that
he would have learned the stratagem of releasing
the Ibis to ward off the smaller �ying serpents.1
Write down all of the different characteristics
usually associated with Dragons / Dinosaurs. Put
one characteristic each on a piece of paper. Put
the pieces of paper into a bowl. Randomly pull
out 3 pieces of paper and draw the creature with
those features.
Find out how big dinosaurs really were! Head out
to a wide open space (like an empty parking lot,
or large backyard) and measure out the size of
some popular dinosaurs, marking with colored
chalk or rocks. Then step back and get an idea of
how big some dinosaurs really were.
Fossil
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CHAPTER 6
FOSSIL FORMATION AND FLOOD
Summary
Evolutionary theory says that dinosaurs became
extinct over 65 million years before humans
appeared. These ages are based on an assumption
that the rock layers that dinosaur fossils are found
in are at least 65 million years old, yet there is
much evidence that suggests otherwise. Faulty
dating methods, circular reasoning and ample
evidence that all the rock layers were formed at
once – instead of one layer at a time over millions of
years – indicates a young earth and a massive global
�ood. Could this event have been the Great Flood as
mentioned in the bible? By using logic and veri�able
science, the case for a young earth and creation is
very strong.
Summary Questions
1. What is a fossil?
5. Why might dinosaurs become extinct after
the �ood?
It is likely that the catastrophic worldwide �ood
would have changed the ecosystems of earth.
Certainly, the topography of the earth changed
through the tectonic shifts and eruptions from the
crust of the earth that would have occurred during
the �ood. Many young earth creationists believe a
massive Ice Age occurred after the �ood for perhaps
as long as 700 years. All of these climatic changes
would have put added stress on all animal kinds,
dinosaurs included. Extinctions of many species
during this time no doubt occurred.
In addition, as man began to repopulate,
mankind would have sought to clear dinosaur
populations due to the inherent dangers of living
near the carnivorous dinosaurs.
Noah’s Ark
by Edward Hicks
Fossils are the petri�ed remains of ancient animals
and plants, the traces or impressions of living
things from past geologic ages, or the traces of their
activities.
2. How is a fossil formed?
Fossils form after an animal is quickly buried – as
more and more sediment cover the remains, the
parts of the animals that didn’t rot (like bones and
teeth) are fossillized in the newly-formed sediment.
3. How did Noah know how to build the ark to �t
all the animals?
6. How many types of dogs would Noah need to
bring on the ark? Why?
God gave him speci�c instructions.
Noah would have needed only two archetype
animals – from two dogs, the genetic make-up
would have been able to create the many various
breeds of dogs. So, for instance, Noah would not
have had to bring aboard two Chihuahuas and two
Saint Bernards, but only two dogs total.
4. How did 2 of every type of animal �t on
the ark?
The average size of a dinosaur is actually the size of
a sheep or a goat, not the size of a T-Rex. God would
have also wanted to bring younger dinosaurs that
were not fully grown. The ark was 450 feet long, so
there would have been plenty of room to �t two of
every kind of dinosaur.
7. How many types of cats would Noah need to
bring on the ark? Why?
Noah would have needed only two archetype
animals – from two cats, the genetic make-up would
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have been able to create the many various breeds
of cats. So, for instance, Noah would not have had
to bring aboard two brown tabby cats and two
leopards, but only two cats total.
8. How many marine animals would Noah need
to bring on the ark? Why?
It is likely that the catastrophic worldwide �ood
would have changed the ecosystems of earth.
Certainly, the topography of the earth changed
through the tectonic shifts and eruptions from the
crust of the earth that would have occurred during
the �ood. Many young earth creationists believe a
massive Ice Age occurred after the �ood for perhaps
as long as 700 years. All of these climatic changes
would have put added stress on all animal kinds,
dinosaurs included. Extinctions of many species
during this time no doubt occurred.
In addition, as man began to repopulate,
mankind would have sought to clear dinosaur
populations due to the inherent dangers of living
near the carnivorous dinosaurs.
9. When you look around at our world today
– what evidence
is there that it was
�ooded at one
time?
The Appellation
Mountains and the
Himalaya’s exist
because of the
many upheavals
that happened in
Dr. Mary
the �ood. We also
Schweitzer,
have billions of dead
discoverer of soft
dino tissue
creatures buried in
rock layers all over
the earth – the Bible
states that all the
high hills under
heaven were covered with water and all the animals
were swept away, leaving billions of dead things
buried under rock layers by water.
Activity Ideas
Match up the animals so they can go on board
Noah’s ark before the �ood – give each child a
sheet with one of each animal, and have them
team up with students in the class to create pairs
to go on Noah’s ark.
Pretend that you are Noah on the ark. Make up a
list of things to do to keep all of the animals (think
of all of the different types) and your family safe
and happy.
Create your own sedimentary rock layers! Many
people believe that it takes millions of years to
create a layer of rock. Yet it can be proven that it
can happen in just a few days!
See what you can dig up! Have children make
their own fossils, and then set up their very own
fossil excavation using a sandbox (or a homemade
sandbox, by �lling a kiddie pool with dirt/sand).
Bury the fossils, and have the children uncover
the fossils and brush them off, reporting their
�ndings.
Interesting Facts
1. Most people think of the �ood as just a
heavy downpour. However, a careful reading
of scripture indicates that the rain was only
number 3 on the list of events that happened.
2. The �rst natural phenomenon given is the
act of the earth’s crust breaking apart and
erupting with massive volcanic like activity
– “fountains of the great deep burst forth” This
would have caused geological explosions,
eruptions and earthquakes on a catastrophic
level. The second event explains that the
windows of heaven opened. This was not rain,
for the heavy rain was the third event named.
This intriguing event may be depicting a
meteor shower where the earth was pelted
with potentially massive meteorites. This
would have caused severe damage to the
earth.
3. Fossilization does not imply old age. For
fossilization to occur simply means that
conditions were present to create a fossil
before nature reclaimed the creature through
decomposition.
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CHAPTER 7
DATING METHODS AND SOFT DINO TISSUE
Summary
Radiometric dating of rocks is the linchpin of
evolutionary theory, yet alternate tests show the
inconsistent and untrustworthy nature of this
method. There are many alternate scienti�c methods
that prove the results of radiometric dating to be
unreliable.
In 2005 a momentous discovery rocked the theory
of evolution. Scientists discovered soft, pliable tissue
in the fossilized femur of a T-Rex, which could not
be possible if the bones were millions of years old.
Soft tissue would only remain unfossilized for a few
thousand years – no more. This is yet another proof
that the earth is much younger than many believe
and that dinosaurs died out very recently.
means that we are here because we were created
into existence by God. Evolutionists believe that the
earth is millions of years old, and that we evolved
over a long period of time into humans.
4. If the Bible is true – about how old would our
earth be?
Approximately 6,000 years old.
5. Many people just assume that the earth is
billions of years old. Why do you think they
make that assumption?
Summary Questions
1. How does lava show that radio-isotope dating
methods are not reliable?
No matter what dating method you use, lava �ow
samples will be calculated as having a very old age.
If you were to sample historical lava �ows, and visit
a site where you know that there was a lava �ow in
1928 or 1905, you would �nd out after sampling it in
a lab that it will prove to be exponentially older. This
discredits the radiometric dating process. (see Bodie
Hodge article “How Old is the Earth?”)
2. How did a T-Rex fossil help us to learn that
dinosaurs died out only 4,000 years ago with
Noah’s �ood? What did they �nd inside the T-Rex
bone?
The discovery found soft tissue and red blood vessels
that still had red blood cells in them that were
identi�able. These �ndings would make it impossible
for dinosaurs to have died out 65-68 million years
ago. In fact, the �ndings suggest that dinosaurs died
out very recently.
3. Why is the age of the earth and our universe
so signi�cant to our origins?
Because if our earth is only 6,000 years old, that
Activity Ideas
Build a mammoth from the fossils! (Cut out
pictures of bones/fossils and assemble them to
form a mammoth skeleton).
Match up the fossil to the dinosaur.
See if you can discover the age of some of the
things around you! How old is your chair? How old
is your pen/pencil? How old are you? How old are
some of the trees? What is the oldest building in
your area? What are the different ways of �nding
out how old something is? How can you tell if one
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road is older than another? How about one house
compared to another? Make a chart listing things
around you from the youngest to the oldest.
Build your own volcano! See how a volcano works,
and then try incorporating plastic dino �gurines
or pictures. Hide all the dinosaurs as best you can
before the volcano erupts to try and make sure
they’re safe!
Interesting Facts
dateable volcanic eruptions and tested those
rocks to see what ages the tests yielded for those
rocks. Sample one came from Mt. Etna, in Sicily.
We know that those rocks were formed in 122
B.C. Therefore, we would expect, if the dating
methods employed to date rocks are accurate, to
yield and age of approximately 2,000 years. But
when the tests came back, the rocks dated to be
somewhere in-between 170,000 years old, all the
way up to 330,000 years old! That is a big error!
CHAPTERS 8 & 9
1. According to the history found in the Bible, we
should expect to �nd certain things in nature. We
should �nd a vast fossil record that would testify
to the fact of Noah’s �ood. In that vast record, we
should �nd myriads of fully formed creatures,
already complex, and uniquely designed. And in
fact, that is exactly what we do �nd.
2. It is signi�cant that not all dinosaur bones
are completely fossilized. Such organic tissue
and bone cannot last 65 million years. Earth
is a brilliant recycler and decomposes organic
material quickly. Yet, because of presuppositions
from the evolutionists, dinosaur bones are not
tested for Carbon 14. Fortunately, as we have
seen, creation organizations like the Glendive
Dinosaur and Fossil Museum are leading the
charge in excavating dinosaur bones and fossils so
pertinent tests can be done.
3. Bodie Hodge, in his report, How Old is the
Earth, documented the work of the RATE team.
The RATE team collected rock samples from
EVOLUTION VS. SCIENCE and MEN OF GOD
Summary
Life is extremely complex. Even the simplest cell has
a vast biochemical makeup that boggles the mind.
This complexity presents a problem for Evolutionary
theory: how did life become so complex without
a designer? The answer they promote is that the
earth is so old (over 4 billion years) and that through
unmeasured time, chance and natural processes, life
formed all by itself. However many don’t realize that
because of the unalterable law of entropy (2nd Law
of Thermodynamics) time actually works AGAINST
things becoming better and more complex and in
fact makes things fall apart. The theory of evolution
becomes even harder to believe when there is a
complete lack of evidence of transitional species
between microbes and man.
Belief in God does not mean a non-belief in
science. Great �gures in the history of science like
Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur and Johannes Kepler
were all believers in God as well as remarkable
scientists. Science can actually work hand in hand
with faith in the Bible.
Summary Questions
1. What is the difference between creation and
evolution?
2. What do a jelly�sh and a person have in
common?
Louis Pasteur
They are both very complex creatures. Jelly�sh have
about the same number of protein coating genes as
people. The evolutionary theory requires an increase
in the complexity of creatures over time – but
according to jelly�sh, the number of genes has not
increased, even over supposed billions of years.
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3. Can you think of some dinosaur movies that
you’ve seen? What did those movies teach you
about how old dinosaurs are?
4. What did you like or dislike about those
movies? Why?
5. If you were creating a dinosaur or a dragon for
a movie – what would you have it look like? How
would it act?
6. Why do some people assume that if you
believe in God you can’t be a scientist?
7. Who is Louis Pasteur and what is he famous
for?
The modern process of pasteurization is named after
him. He was a famous scientist and also a man of
God.
8. Who is Johannes Kepler and what is he famous
for?
Johannes Kepler is best known for his eponymous
laws of planetary motion. He was a man of science
as well as a man of God.
9. Who is Isaac Newton and what is he famous
for?
Isaac Newton is considered to be one of the most
in�uential people in human history for his work
completed on the study of gravity, his invention of
the �rst re�ective telescope, and much more. He was
a man of science as well as a man of God.
Activity Ideas:
Draw a picture of what you think the Earth looked
like before Noah’s �ood.
Create a chart that leads from microbes to man.
ie: Start with a so-called small simple creature and
try to think what creature that could have evolved
into. Then do the same for that creature. See how
far you get before the jump from one animal to
the next doesn’t make any sense.
Did you know that evolutionary
paleontologists are responsible in building the
evolutionary ancestry like we just asked you to
do? How long did it take you before you had to
start making stuff up? Guess what, you were not
alone in having to use your imagination!
Draw a picture of a racing car. Draw a picture of
a family car. Draw a picture of a pick-up truck.
Draw a picture of a motorcycle. List the similarities
between each of your drawings. List the similar
things in the style of artwork itself. (ie: how each
picture was drawn.) Do you think that similarities
between each picture mean that one picture of
a vehicle changed into another? Or do you think
the similarities between the pictures indicate a
common artist/creator? What do you think would
be more difficult to create: a car or our bodies?
Why?
Interesting Facts
1. A transitional creature has been ill de�ned for
many people. A transitional creature has to have
transitional parts. This is what we mean: A creature
must show parts in transition. As an example,
evolutionists love to tell the lie that birds are
descendents of dinosaurs. However, for that to
even begin to be explored there must be evidence
suggesting the parts of dinosaurs changed (and
could change into parts of a bird). How did the
lungs of dinosaurs change into the avian lungs
of birds, and how many transitional “lungs”
were in between? How did the most diminutive
appendage of a theropod (their forelimbs) change
into the most powerful and de�ning character of a
bird, the wings?
2. Evolutionists have had to sacri�ce much of
the scienti�c method to build their evolutionary
ideology. Science is supposed to be built upon
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Sauropods
the average size of a dinosaur is about the size of
a sheep. Also, as a result of the �ood many of the
species perished and buried by sediment became
the fossils we unearth today.
Summary Questions
1. What animals described in the Bible sound
like Dinosaurs?
Behemoth, Leviathan.
hard and fast data. It is supposed to be founded
in observation, study, and experiments. However
evolutionary paleontology, which is the discipline
that has built the evolutionary line of assent, is
not founded in observation, but it rather relies on
imagination and even dreams!
3. When people claim evolution is based on real,
observable science, and is a product of academic
rigor, and unbiased study, they are either lying or
do not know the truth.
Related Scripture and Prayer
For we do not wrestle against �esh and blood, but
against the rulers, against the authorities, against
the cosmic powers over this present darkness,
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
places.
2. When God is describing these animals in Job
40 and 41, what makes us think that they were
living when Job was?
God refers to an animal called ‘Behemoth’ – this
word is a translation of the Hebrew word ‘behema’,
which means ‘beast’; when God said ‘Behemoth’ he
was referring to ‘the beast of beasts’. God describes
the animal as having the ‘tail of a cedar’ – though
many people say he may have been referring to a
hippo or an elephant, when you actually look at
these animal’s tails they are actually quite modest
and do not resemble a cedar. God also said to Job,
“behold this” and “what I made along with you”,
expecting Job to understand what he was referring
to, so it implies that dinosaurs were made alongside
mankind.
3. Do you think Behemoth or Leviathan would
make a good pet? Why or why not?
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand �rm.
– Ephesians 6:12–13
CHAPTER 10
DINOS IN THE BIBLE
Summary
In the Book of Job, God describes in great detail
Behemoth and Leviathan, which sound incredibly
similar to descriptions of dinosaur-like creatures.
With “a tail like a cedar” (tree), huge scales and
“terrible teeth round about” these creatures couldn’t
be elephants or hippos as has been suggested.
But what about Noah’s Ark? Wouldn’t dinosaurs be
too big for the Ark? Well it will surprise many that
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Leviathan?
Gustave Dore
4. Why do you think God created dinosaurs?
5. What sorts of animals help us to understand
that dinosaurs may have breathed �re?
The electric eel, the spitting cobra, the bombardier
beetle.
6. Would Leviathan have needed to go on the
ark? Why or why not?
documentary, when Otis Kline was speaking of
the giant reed that had been preserved in the
side of the rock. Notice how big it was! That reed
is most likely the kind of reed and rush that the
behemoth would lie down amidst in the marsh.
3. Taking everything into account, Job’s
behemoth was most de�nitely a dinosaur, and
most likely some form of Sauropod.
No, he is a marine creature.
Activity Ideas
Read the description of Behemoth and Leviathan
found in Job 40 and 41. Write down each of the
characteristics and then draw a picture of each.
Create a board game where different types of
animals have to try to escape from the �ood and
make it to the ark. Use dice to move each animal
along different paths. Along each path, put different
dangers that they would possibly encounter.
Create your own cave painting! Head outside with
colored chalk, and pretend your driveway is an
ancient cave. Draw pictures of dinosaurs that will be
uncovered by paleontologists years later! Match up
the description to the dinosaur.
Interesting Facts
1. Let us look at the idea that the behemoth
is a crocodile. To this day, there are people
that perform shows and stunts wrestling with
crocodiles. Wildlife wardens often go and capture
and relocate crocodiles and alligators when
the creatures venture too close to residential
neighborhoods and abodes. It is dangerous, but
people have mastered the crocodile when the
proper techniques and tools are used. This is
why crocodiles and alligators are held safely in
captivity in zoo’s and preserves - for they have
been encaged and captured, in great volume,
against their will.
2. Did you know that Job is one of the oldest
books of our Bible? Did you know that in the
past, reeds and rushes, were much bigger than
what we are accustomed to today? Notice in the
Charles Darwin
Related Scripture
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his
tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw
through with a thorn?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he
speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him
for a servant for ever?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou
bind him for thy maidens?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall
they part him among the merchants?
Canst thou �ll his skin with barbed irons? or his head
with �sh spears?
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no
more.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast
down even at the sight of him?
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None is so �erce that dare stir him up: who then is able
to stand before me?
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?
whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his
comely proportion.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can
come to him with his double bridle?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are
terrible round about.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close
seal.
One is so near to another, that no air can come
between them.
They are joined one to another,
they stick together, that they
cannot be sundered.
By his neesings a light doth
shine, and his eyes are like the
eyelids of the morning.
Out of his mouth go burning
lamps, and sparks of �re leap
out.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,
as out of a seething pot or
caldron.
His breath kindleth coals,
and a �ame goeth out of his
mouth.
In his neck remaineth strength,
and sorrow is turned into joy
before him.
The �akes of his �esh are
joined together: they are �rm
in themselves; they cannot be
moved.
His heart is as �rm as a stone;
yea, as hard as a piece of the
nether millstone.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by
reason of breakings they purify themselves.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the
spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
The arrow cannot make him �ee: slingstones are turned
with him into stubble.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the
shaking of a spear.
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp
pointed things upon the mire.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the
sea like a pot of ointment.
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He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think
the deep to be hoary.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without
fear.
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the
children of pride.
- Job Chapter 41
An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.Through a
land of trouble and anguish, from where come
the lioness and the lion, the adder and the �ying
�ery serpent, they carry their riches on the backs
of donkeys,and their treasures on the humps of
camels, to a people that cannot pro�t them.
- Isaiah 30:6
And Babylon shall become
heaps, a dwelling place for
dragons, an astonishment,
and an hissing, without an
inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:37 KJV
CHAPTER 11 & 12
EVIDENCE VS. BIAS
and CREATION =
CREATOR
Summary
Evolutionists would have
us believe that left to
itself, nature was able to
create life. Based on a
logical interpretation of
the scienti�c evidence,
it is clear that this was
not only implausible, but
impossible. If one accepts evolution, one accepts
that there is no responsibility in the world, a point
that the evolutionists are �ghting to preserve.
Science itself offers a potent testimony to a grand
design and only con�rms the fact that life must have
been created by God.
Summary Questions
1. How did God create dinosaurs?
By speaking them into existence.
2. What evidence is there that evolution didn’t
take place?
There is evidence to suggest that man and dinosaurs
lived together (the discovery of the soft tissue inside
the T-Rex bone being the largest), which would
mean that the theory of evolution is built on a faulty
premise of vast expanses of time between man and
dinosaur.
3. What is a ‘transitional species’?
A transitional species is a species that indicates
primitive traits in comparison with its derived
relatives. Even Charles Darwin admitted that the
fossil record did not support his theory of evolution –
but he predicted that we would �nd many examples
in years to come. So far there have not been any
reliable examples of transitional species found.
4. What is a “missing link” and has it been found?
The missing link is a synonym for a ‘transitional
fossil’. None have been found that have been veri�ed
as reliable.
5. What does ‘survival of the �ttest’ mean?
Survival of the �ttest is a term coined by Charles
Darwin which suggests that natural selection
allows only the strongest of our species to continue
surviving.
6. What would �nally convince everyone that
the theory of evolution is a lie?
The return of Jesus Christ.
7. What is the most dangerous creature that ever
lived? Why?
Satan.
8. What did you think of the story ‘Danny the
Dragon’? What did you like about it? What didn’t
you like about it?
9. How did Danny eventually realize that he was
not alone?
Activity Ideas
Draw a picture of 10 dangerous creatures
– include man and different types of dinosaurs
if you want. Now pretend that they’re all in a
tournament to see who would win in a �ght.
Have each one face another and decide which
one would win and why. Try to decide which one
would come out on top. Which creature is fastest?
Strongest? Toughest? Most deadly?
Act out dinosaur encounters! Act out what
might happen if you encountered a T-Rex, or a
Raptor. Assign children to play the roles of either
dinosaurs or people, and have them act out
scenes like “A young child meets a hungry T-Rex!”
or “A Brontosaurus just walked in your front door!”
Interesting Facts
1. Data is naturalistic. Therefore, if data points
to a creator, then the Creator is approachable
through naturalistic measures. That makes the
study of God very much a part of our naturalistic
world. In fact, the study of the Creator must be
the governing discipline that helps us understand
His creation. Biblical theology is the governor of
natural science.
2. The idea of a God that no one has ever seen
is not a Biblical idea. The historical �gure who
walked on this earth, who was born in Bethlehem,
and was given the name Jesus, was and is God.
3. The Theory of Evolution is just one of the
plethora of deceptive philosophies that man
has created so that they do not have to be
accountable to an authoritative God. But like
all other secular philosophies before it, and
the philosophies that are yet to come, it fails
to answer any of the questions of who we are,
and why we are here. And in fact, the theory of
evolution only succeeds in deceiving people away
from the truth.
Footnotes:
1
Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters & Dragons, W.W. Norton
& Company, 2001, pg. 102
10. Why does God make us all different?
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