Our Bible class teacher this morning was talking about dinosaurs for a bit. He mentioned that he did believe that they existed. Good thing since there are so many fossils. There are some members of the Church who don't believe that dinosaurs ever existed because they think that equates to also believing in trans-species evolution. Sad but true.
He also stated that he wasn't sure about some of the artists conceptions of what they looked like. While it may be that they were pink. or blue with yellow polka dots, it would not be the norm for reptiles as we know them today. And I think that the overall lay of the skin that they propose is pretty well proven science. When the forensic artists put features on a human skull it's pretty amazing as to how close they get to the actual persons looks.
He also said he wasn't sure that they were as big as what scientists say they were. Well just think aout this. What animal is smaller than its skeleton? Only animals with exoskeletons - like lobsters and crabs. And even at that their inner mass fills the shell. All the really big dinosaurs had endoskeletons and that means their skin was on the outside of their bones. And most of us have seen the fossil skeletons - and some are huge. So either the fossil skeletons are faked - or they were as big as the artists draw them.
But maybe he's just never stood next to one of those things.
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