The idiots who think auto immune disease research has enough money. Too much research money goes on stupid research programs.
The "Bible" refers to Dinosaurs, but calls them, "dragons", loosely translated. Anyway, the word Dinosaur was a "MAN's" invention, and given that "dinosaurs" were only discovered few hundred years ago. Around 1676 a man named Roger Plot, a curator at a museum in England drew a thigh bone that he beleived belonged to that of a giant man. It was not until 1822 large teeth were discovered in England by Gideon Matell and his wife. They thought they were the remains a large Iguana, now extinct. However in 1841 a English scientist named Ricard Owen recognized that these fossils teeth and bones differed from that of any other living creature of the time. The fossils were so different that he thought they warranted their own name. Owen named the group of fossils "dinosuria" which means "terrible lizards", hence the name Dinosaur. My point? Dinosaurs, by name, could never be mentioned in the "Bible" given the name did not exist until after 1841. However, they are mentioned in the "Bible."
I agree. In the state of Wisconsin we contributed (and the federal government) millions of dollars to the Toilet Society, or whatever the hell it is called. They spend our tax dollars talking about a crapper. People should be more worried about how much longer the earth has, vs. how long it has been here.
Which chapter and verse do you see dragons? The only one I can think of is in revelation. But that is referring to Satan.
Look lets not concentrate on the past but the future, who cares about how old the earth is, man was not their to see the damn thing when it was created by god or by the big bang theory.(i belive in the god one ). Anyway if we die, we will know the answer cause then we will know what lies ahead of us, either nothing or the Huge afterlife . Now about the future, Ok we have so many predictions when the earth will be destroyed, what will kill us first? Global Warming? A huge star crashing into earth? Nuclear war? Floods, thunders, hurricanes? Bird Flu, West Nile, or any other bacteria that evolves to kill us? or even HIV & AIDS if it spreads. Their are so many possiblilites of the earth being destroyed and all life dying. but we have to remember one thing "Nobody Gets out of here alive"
redz, Ummm...How can we know what will lie ahead of us when we die? The Bible says that when we die "we are conscience of nothing at all". "Nobody gets out of here alive"? Several verses in the Bible state that the earth will remain indefinitely and there will defintely be survivors of God's great day which is yet to come.
well their are many different people on this earth. Some live by the bible others dont. one thing we have to remember is if we ever meet aliens then some beliefs will have to spread out cause if god created earth in 6 days, what else did he create out their? only 6 days to create a planet like earth, think of the whole OuterSpace you have to wonder.
Job. tanniyn (dragon) behemoth or brachiosaurus Leviathan or kronosaurus "tanniyn" is mentioned 28 times I believe. Should not be hard to find. I ran this past my wife the other day. Her family are "Bible" nuts. I'm a Darwin Catholic. She thought I was full of crap when I said dinosaurs were mentioned in the "Bible", so she got on the phone to her mom who confirmed it. As you know, us Catholics are not up on the "Bible" like the "Bible" nuts, so she had to get a second opinion. You may be asking yourself what a "Darwin Catholic" is. I'm Catholic, but believe in Evolution. Figure that out.
The Bible is very accurate however. I certainly believe in what it can do for each and every one of us. It certainly lifted my life by the bootstraps and gave me a different perspective about life.
Actually, you need to read this: DRAGON From the Greek dra′kon, depicting a terrifying monster, a serpentlike devourer. It occurs 13 times in the Bible but only in the highly symbolic book of Revelation, and it represents Satan the Devil. He is the “great fiery-colored dragon, with seven heads and ten horns,†having a tail that draws “a third of the stars of heaven†after him, these first being induced to materialize as humans before the Flood and then becoming demons. (Re 12:3, 4; Jude 6) Together with these demons, Satan the Dragon is cast out of heaven down to the vicinity of the earth. “So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan.†(Re 12:7-9) In this debased state he persecutes the remnant of God’s “woman,†those having “the work of bearing witness.â€â€”Re 12:13-17. Dragonlike Satan is also the one that gives power and great authority to the symbolic wild beast having seven heads and ten horns, and in turn, he is worshiped by the peoples of “all the earth.†(Re 13:2-4) John in vision also sees that the croaking froglike “expressions inspired by demons,†which go out to “the kings of the entire inhabited earth,†come from the mouth of the Dragon, or Satan, as well as out of the mouths of “the wild beast†and “the false prophet.†The effect this has is to gather these rulers and their supporters “to the war of the great day of God the Almighty . . . to the place that is called in Hebrew Har–Magedon [Armageddon].†(Re 16:13-16) Following this greatest of all wars, the “angel†that comes down from heaven will seize “the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan,†and will bind him and abyss him for a thousand years.—Re 20:1-3; see SATAN.
That's good to hear. I often wonder why so many fear it so much. It in its own right is a wonderful peice of literature!
Here's info about leviathan: LEVIATHAN [Heb., liw·ya·than′]. This Hebrew word occurs six times in the Bible. It is believed to come from a root word meaning “wreathâ€; hence the name indicates something that is “wreathed,†or “gathered into folds.†The word is transliterated in most Bible translations. Since, with the exception of Job 3:8, the references mention water in connection with it, Leviathan appears to signify some form of aquatic creature of great proportions and strength, although not necessarily of one specific kind. Psalm 104:25, 26 describes it as cavorting in the sea where ships travel, and for this reason many suggest that the term here applies to some type of whale. Though whales are rare in the Mediterranean, they are not unknown there, and parts of two whale skeletons can be found in a museum at Beirut in Lebanon. An American Translation here says “crocodile†instead of Leviathan. Additionally, the word “sea†(yam) by itself is not determinative inasmuch as in Hebrew it can refer to a large inland body of water such as the Sea of Galilee (Sea of Chinnereth) (Nu 34:11; Jos 12:3), or even to the river Nile (Isa 19:5) or the Euphrates.—Jer 51:36. The description of “Leviathan†at Job 41:1-34 aptly fits the crocodile, and the “sea†of verse 31 may refer to a river such as the Nile or another body of fresh water. It should be noted, however, that some crocodiles, as the Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus), are found along the seacoast and at times go out into the sea some distance from land. Psalm 74 describes God’s record of salvation for his people, and verses 13 and 14 refer symbolically to his deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Here the term “sea monsters [Heb., than·ni·nim′, plural of tan·nin′]†is used as a parallel expression to “Leviathan,†and the crushing of the heads of Leviathan may well refer to the crushing defeat administered to Pharaoh and his army at the time of the Exodus. The Aramaic Targums here give “the strong ones of Pharaoh†in place of “the heads of Leviathan.†(Compare Eze 29:3-5, where Pharaoh is likened to a “great sea monster†in the midst of the Nile canals; also Eze 32:2.) Isaiah 27:1 apparently employs Leviathan (LXX, “the dragonâ€) as a symbol of an empire, an organization that is international in scope and that is dominated by one who himself is referred to as “serpent†and “dragon.†(Re 12:9) The prophecy is one of restoration for Israel, and therefore Jehovah’s ‘turning attention’ to Leviathan must include Babylon. However, verses 12 and 13 consider Assyria and Egypt as well. So, Leviathan here evidently refers to an international organization or empire that is in opposition to Jehovah and his worshipers.
Actually, "tanniyn" occurs 28 times in the Bible and is normally translated “dragon.†It has also been translated as “serpent,†“sea monster,†“dinosaur,†“great creature,†and “reptile.†The "Bible" is open to interpretation... YMMV.
I care. I think it's interesting. I alkso othink it's interesting that there are people that think the earth is <10,000 years old. The number of fossils found would indicate that the planet was packed..PACKED full of these creatures if the earth is <10,000 years old. <edit> Here's what I'm trying to say-
LOL, that is pretty funny... ummm lets see - what causes an animal to be fossilized in the first place? If you even know part of that answer it makes that statement totally ridiculous - who said this? edit: found it. Interesting read, but still the dork is missing some key basic info on how something becomes a fossil. He also is taking a wild guess on numbers represented by one fossil. but oh well, you don't need proof to through out numbers if you are so smart like him I guess. LOL
Let's go down the list of who might not care about fossils. Environmentalists - Fossils are proof that 99.9999999% of all the animals that ever lived are dead, and the world is still filled with them, because they can't be wiped out. Fiscal Conservatists - stop funding stupid programs(which wouldn't exist for government grants) and give the tax payers back some money. Public Schools - Fossils prove that the Earth has suffered many past 'accidents' wiping out billions of lives. It the general public understood this, tax payers might want programs to detect Asteroids more funded, and stupid transsexual-Latin-art classes less funded. Atheists - (being a former one) only care about the now. So stop using our money for stupid programs and let me party till I die! Raëlists - Earth meant nothing till the rise of humankind. Since everything before the aliens was dumb. etc, etc... Now these were just guesses, since I do not truly represent any one group, or any group. tom
Actually, the earth was created when I was born Creationists are dreamers who can not even remember what they did the day before yesterday ( too much for their memory span), how can they know the age of the world then?
You might be the most important man in the universe. There's no proofs against the thesis that the EGO is the only thing of importance and everything else is just meaningless parts in the dream.
hmm.. interesting. Which of the animal of today in this world are family of Dragon Species and also dragon species.