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I don't. I believe the dinosaurs and most large predators decline gave rise to hominids a little over a million years ago. Geology and Genesis are irreconcilable.

Geology and Genesis are irreconcilable.

Not necessarily. People often make attempts to pinpoint specific time periods in the Bible, but the book of Genesis is really not too specific in its time periods. Other than the spans of generations, of course. It tells how long people of many generations lived, but that's about it.

I think it's entirely possible that dinosaurs lived before man and became extinct before God created man. The Bible isn't specifically clear on issues like that, because the scriptures are not about animals; the book is essentially about the rocky relationships between God and man. It is mostly not concerned with animals.

I don't accept the OT stories legimately. I believe that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and that most dinosaurs were extinct 70mm years ago. That being said, the paleontological record proves nothing. It can only tell us about animals that were preserved. A good analogy comes from archeology. For a long time, people believed that pottery was the major articistic expression of ancient Greece. Why? Beacause the vases and amphoras were the most common artifacts found. It took a long time for science to realize that these objects were to most likely to be preserved and ignored by future discovery. Paintings rotted. Buildings collapsed, and metals and marble were recycled. My point is that just because the bones of a creature were never discovered, it does not follow that that creature DEFINITELY did not exist.

BTW, on reading this back, I should note that I am merely making a point, not arguing with you directly.