Did God create the dinosaurs?

Originally Posted by kat

You know, I tried to to put an exclamation of disbelief in front of that sentence but I couldn't do it without saying God, Oh God, Jesus, Christ, Jesus Christ, Oh Lord, Lordy Lordy and any other iteration.

Try, "Oh for crying out loud...." That works......

Piers Anthony gives the best explanation:

God created all living creatures, and used evolution as his tool. God is Eternal, so time means nothing for Him. One of His days equals 1 million of our years.

Unfortunately, modern humans have a difficult time imagining things the way they were, because our frame of reference is what is NOW.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Magi

People are trying way to hard to fit the empirical observation to a Judaeo-Christian world view. The Snake Goddess of China that crated man should have given equal consideration.

Okay, don't make me bring out my "same God, different names" argument....

DN: Sorry about that. But, I didn't have that really cool pic as an example....

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Magi

Oh, a Unitarian, we are all fucked.

No...No....

I don't mean it's one God and not the Holy Trinity. I mean the way God would be addressed in different cultures.

Same God, Different Names.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Traumatized Rat

This IS unitarian. You're confusing this with monotheism.

I'm confusing this? I never brought up the Unitarian argument. I never claimed to deny the Holy Trinity. Different aspects of the same person? Oh, yeah--I definitely believe that.

But, when you use the word God, you get into trouble. Just who am I referring to? The God that is the combination of these three, or am I referring to an aspect of the Supreme Being?

Now, those religions with different Gods and Goddesses that represent different things may have started with the same concept, but as time went on, they became separate beings. I don't know, contrary to popular belief at work, I am NOT old enough to have been around during these time frames.

But, that Supreme Being these aspects make up, can be referred to in other cultures by other names. Or, perhaps, different cultures have the same idea?

Does that work for you?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?