I’m about as far from the current oceans as you can be- in the middle of the US , (KS) where they have uncovered huge prehistoric fish fossils- 2-3 thousand feet above sea level. I’m about 1000 feet above sea level and there are all kinds of sea creature fossils here in the limestone underlaying the soil.
Literalists generally have a hard time with dinosaurs and extinct mammals that predate the time frame for Noah’s flood.
I am a literalist who believes that there have been other ages on the planet, and other cataclysmic events ( at least one other worldwide flood) meteor strikes, etc.
Nepthalim (sp?), dinosaurs, etc. all had their time. The Biblical account picks up about 7000 years ago, with the 1st man created with an eternal spirit in the current conflict.
Not well worded, I know, but I have yet to see any science which causes me to even slightly doubt the Word of God.
I have the worldview that scripture is truth (see 2 Timothy 3:16) so science will never cause me to doubt the Bible.
I do not have a problem with dinosaurs or extinct mammals that supposedly predate the time frame for Noah's flood...the dating techniques are flawed. Each of the dating techniques used that give old ages (potassium-argon, rubidium-strontium, or uranium-thorium-lead methods) use assumptions as to what the original chemical composition of the item was and that the rate of decay has stayed at a constant. This has been shown to be flawed since running water over an item (in a river?) has caused leaching of elements into and out of rocks (fossils) which will change the “age” of the fossil.
I simply take God at His word...
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 Peter 3:3-6 Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
As for dinosaurs read Job 40-41 “Behold now behemoth”
The dinosaurs lived at one time with man...and there are plenty of reports of “dragon (read dinosaur) legends” in cultures around the world and old “text books” of science from hundreds of years ago that actually list some of these creatures as being alive at the time...
I agree with you that I have not seen any science that would cause me to doubt the Word of God. Hold to God's Word.
God bless
P.S. For more information I would suggest the book “In the Beginning” by Dr. Walt Brown
I think you're 100% correct.
one name I agree with you