Another question for the religious types

[Dancing Mustard]

If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

[static_ice]

in no way do I speak for all religious types, but I think the dinosaurs were just an experiment, God wiped them out when he was ready for creatures more capable of thought.


besides we don't know how they left, maybe God didn't kill them maybe the dinosaurs were their own undoing, and maybe we're on the same path!

[Dancing Mustard]

But god is perfect and all loving. What need would a perfect being have for experiments? How could an all loving being be so cruel to his own creations? How could such a being manufacture life simply for the purpose of destroying it?

My poor mind is still confused...

[static_ice]

But god is perfect and all loving. What need would a perfect being have for experiments? How could an all loving being be so cruel to his own creations? How could such a being manufacture life simply for the purpose of destroying it?

My poor mind is still confused...

or maybe it wasn't an experiment, maybe it just wasn't working well maybe the dinosaurs were going down the wrong path, and he just ended their misery

and in my beliefs, perfection, even God's perfection, doesn't mean that you're the master of everything and all-knowing it just means that your heart/conscious (sp?) is perfect and without sin

[umanouski]

dont forget, death is only the beginning.
Besides, God does not interfere much. Possibly he blinked when it hit?

[kwanton]

He wiped them out because they were having sexual relations en masse before they got married. And that's a sin.

Any other questions?

[willis]

I actually think it is because they would just shit all over his world, and he was getting tired of stepping in it

[Dancing Mustard]

He wiped them out because they were having sexual relations en masse before they got married. And that's a sin.

Any other questions?

Then why hasn't he wiped out the Bonobo Chimp of Southern Africa already?

[Dancing Mustard]

dont forget, death is only the beginning.
Besides, God does not interfere much. Possibly he blinked when it hit?

Are you saying that God is retarded?

[The1exile]

He wiped them out because they were having sexual relations en masse before they got married. And that's a sin.

Any other questions?

Then why hasn't he wiped out the Bonobo Chimp of Southern Africa already?

because bonobo has a user here on CC. and so does his son.

[Huckleberryhound]

You see there were two dinosaurs - Godzilla, and Hillary, and the lived in this paradise called "Japan". But God did say unto them "you can stay here, but don't eat the Iguanadon on the hill up there"

Now this was an early experiment, so free will was not an option, just animal instinct, so Godzilla Ate Hillary, the iguanadons, and half a family sized bag of cheetos. And god did say unto Godzilla "take this ya greedy prick", and launched a meteor at him and killed his jurasic ass.

I hear it was all a clerical error. Some pen pusher called Gabriel, nasty buisnes, never really go tover getting fired

[muy_thaiguy]

Back to the 1st quote, the dinosaurs were around for 150 million years, not exactly a short time you know. As for him being kind and merciful, only when you follow his teachings. The plagues of Egypt are a good example of this, as is Sodom and Gamura (not to sure on the spelling there).

[Blastshot]

If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

Why does god create animals if they cannot worship him? Maybe they DO worship him in their own way. Who knows? But as it seems God made us to worship him, and only us with knowledge of him. The animals are nuetral, so are the dinosaurs. He destroyed them to make way for his people, US.

[CrazyAnglican]

If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

Whatever God's plan for the universe and it's inhabitants may be, It's a pretty safe bet that permanence doesn't enter in to it. It doesn't have to. Permanence, according to the Christian faith, comes in the next life. Whether you believe that or not is largely up to you, but you are playing in my field, so if we presuppose the existence of God we have to presuppose the existence of an after life.

Extinction comes to every species. The dinosaurs had good run for tens of millions of years. By contrast humans have only been in their current state for tens of thousands (a couple of million at the most if you take into account Lucy and her compatriots). Big brained Cro-magnon homo-sapiens, however, haven't been around that long. We are assured of extinction ourselves, even Stephen Hawking says so.

That being said, why does the fact that everything dies (in the temporary earthly sense) take anything away from the goodness of God who gave them that life in the first place. Let's say I give you a cheeseburger, and you eat it. Am I evil for giving you something that isn't permanent, or am I a nice guy who bought you a cheeseburger? You seem to think I'm evil; I tend to think I'm a nice guy

[luns101]

If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

Because he knew Stephen Spielberg would resurrect them in Jurassic Park.

[Skoffin]

God did it for the lulz.

[Caleb the Cruel]

If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

Well it doesn't take much effort by God to create such creatures. After all He said "Let there be Light" and there was light. Just as it was so easy for Him to create, it was easy for Him to destroy as well.

[kalishnikov]

You see there were two dinosaurs - Godzilla, and Hillary, and the lived in this paradise called "Japan". But God did say unto them "you can stay here, but don't eat the Iguanadon on the hill up there"

Now this was an early experiment, so free will was not an option, just animal instinct, so Godzilla Ate Hillary, the iguanadons, and half a family sized bag of cheetos. And god did say unto Godzilla "take this ya greedy prick", and launched a meteor at him and killed his jurasic ass.

I hear it was all a clerical error. Some pen pusher called Gabriel, nasty buisnes, never really go tover getting fired

I wish this post was shorter so I could put it in my sig.

[Skittles!]

You see there were two dinosaurs - Godzilla, and Hillary, and the lived in this paradise called "Japan". But God did say unto them "you can stay here, but don't eat the Iguanadon on the hill up there"

Now this was an early experiment, so free will was not an option, just animal instinct, so Godzilla Ate Hillary, the iguanadons, and half a family sized bag of cheetos. And god did say unto Godzilla "take this ya greedy prick", and launched a meteor at him and killed his jurasic ass.

I hear it was all a clerical error. Some pen pusher called Gabriel, nasty buisnes, never really go tover getting fired

I wish this post was shorter so I could put it in my sig.

Same here.. Same here.

[Dancing Mustard]

That being said, why does the fact that everything dies (in the temporary earthly sense) take anything away from the goodness of God who gave them that life in the first place. Let's say I give you a cheeseburger, and you eat it. Am I evil for giving you something that isn't permanent, or am I a nice guy who bought you a cheeseburger? You seem to think I'm evil; I tend to think I'm a nice guy

But dinosaurs are not cheeseburgers, I never got to eat a dinosaur, whereas I did get to eat the cheeseburger. Why would a loving god tantalise me with meaty meaty dinosaurs that he killed before I could eat them? I don't know why a loving God would create a foodstuff, then whip it away before we had a chance to munch on it. Why would an all loving God take away tasty snacks from people capable of worshipping him? What good were those dinosaurs to him anyway, especially after eating that Igaunadon?

[boberz]

in seriousness god destroyed every thing because he was so unhappy about it in the great flood (Noah and al that) read that part of Genisis (i think it might have been 10-12 but check it) to discover a christian reasoning doesnt mean you have to believe it but will explain my viewpoint better than i could ever attempt to

[Bertros Bertros]

Back to the 1st quote, the dinosaurs were around for 150 million years, not exactly a short time you know. As for him being kind and merciful, only when you follow his teachings. The plagues of Egypt are a good example of this, as is Sodom and Gamura (not to sure on the spelling there).

The spelling is Gomorrah. Why do people continually refer to this story? It's horrific, truly horrible, I was shocked by it when I first heard it at primary school and am even more so now. This "parable" (I dont think it really is a parable as the moral lessons are dubious) should be a dirty little secret, but anyway I say this every time anyone mentions it, its my pet hate. Sorry.

God didn't create or wipe out the Dinosaurs as he has only been around since 6,000 years ago when he first said "Let there be light". The real question is why did the dinosaurs create God and did they disappear because they were so disappointed with the outcome?

[btownmeggy]

Dinosaurs are one of Satan's tricks.

[Nephilim]

If God spent time and effort inventing dinosaurs and then put them on this earth; why did he choose to wipe them out with a massive meteorite shortly after?

why did he create online forums when people like you exist?

[vtmarik]

You see there were two dinosaurs - Godzilla, and Hillary, and the lived in this paradise called "Japan". But God did say unto them "you can stay here, but don't eat the Iguanadon on the hill up there"

Now this was an early experiment, so free will was not an option, just animal instinct, so Godzilla Ate Hillary, the iguanadons, and half a family sized bag of cheetos. And god did say unto Godzilla "take this ya greedy prick", and launched a meteor at him and killed his jurasic ass.

I hear it was all a clerical error. Some pen pusher called Gabriel, nasty buisnes, never really go tover getting fired

I wish this post was shorter so I could put it in my sig.

Same here.. Same here.

"And thus God did say unto Godzilla, 'Take this ya greedy prick!' and launched a meteor at him and killed his Jurassic ass." - Toho 7:4