EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS AND OTHER FABLES

SCIENCE DIGEST of August, 1988, page 56 summarizes from SCIENCE: "Considerable evidence suggests that an asteroid or enormous comet struck Earth some 65 million years ago and caused a mass extinction of species." THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, 1955 on pages 368-370 lists the geologic eras (some epochs) and periods and states that dinosaurs appeared in the Mesozoic era about 100 million years ago and were extinct 30 million years later as the present Cenozoic era began 70 million years ago. EXPLORING EARTH SCIENCE, 1970 a Texas Public Schools text says on page 180 that the Cenozoic period began 60 million years ago reflecting a 10 million year difference with the first text cited.

An earlier theory for dinosaur extinction was climatic changes. In Genesis 2:5B-6 we read, "--the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." This is consistent with a tropical world based on fossilized palms found in frigid zones of Earth. In Genesis 7:4 we read, "For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth." Such a flood is recorded in Babylonian literature and confirmed by geological evidence. Evolutionists reject the Biblical flood as an explanation for dinosaur extinction believing that men and dinosaurs did not coexist. Dr. C. E. Baugh, Don Patton geologist and gospel preacher and others have worked along the banks of the Paluxey River in central Texas for several years. Dinosaur and human footprints were found in layers overburdened with other sediments. One human print rests within a dinosaur print. Evolutionists discredit these findings claiming that these remarkable prints are man made. What saith the scriptures? Job 40:15-24 describes behemoth which means a big animal. If the reconstructions of dinosaurs mean anything, verse 17 should be given some attention: "He moveth his tail like a cedar." Levithan is the player in chapter 41. Observe verse 14 and think of Tyrannosaurus Rex: "Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about." These may well be dinosaurs since the descriptions are consistent with what we accept today. Some might dismiss verse 19 as myth which says, "Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth." Bombardier beetles have this capability. Is it an impossibility on a larger scale?