Dinosaurs?

[SoonerCoug]

Ok...so, what is your explanation of dinosaurs as it relates to the gospel?

What are they, where did they come from, how do you explain the differences in their carbon dated ages and the scriptural reference to the age of the earth?

I think dinosaurs lived on other planets. When God made the Earth, he took rocks from other planets and assembled them together. I learned this in seminary, and some prophet taught this as well. Since a prophet will never lead us astray, this "other planet" theory is the only reasonable explanation.

[Green Lantern]

I think dinosaurs lived on other planets. When God made the Earth, he took rocks from other planets and assembled them together. I learned this in seminary, and some prophet taught this as well. Since a prophet will never lead us astray, this "other planet" theory is the only reasonable explanation.

Where did the "alien dinosaur" theory originate? Joseph Fielding Smith? How do people respond to the fact that there's no science to back it up?

[ERCougar]

I also believe this (I'm two for two agreeing with Indy today) and I interpret the temple ceremony to support this.

The problem I have with this explanation is that "periods" implies subsequence, when in reality, all of these things were occurring simultaneously. It's not a huge hangup, but really, why use the word at all?

[ERCougar]

Where did the "alien dinosaur" theory originate? Joseph Fielding Smith? How do people respond to the fact that there's no science to back it up?

You might want to read a few Sooner posts.

[SoonerCoug]

Where did the "alien dinosaur" theory originate? Joseph Fielding Smith? How do people respond to the fact that there's no science to back it up?

Science shmience.

[byu71]

So know one knows what the leading theory is behind the big fish dying off.

[il Padrino Ute]

Questions like this, and who would win in a fight between the T-Rex and Velociraptor, have vexed theologians for ages. I just don't have an answer for you Borg.

Did you see Jurassic Park? It answered that question: the T-Rex ate the Velociraptor.

As to the question, my answer is this: I don't worry about it. Dinosaurs were on earth millions of years ago, but their existence and the age of the earth really have nothing to do with what I need to do to gain salvation.

[il Padrino Ute]

So know one knows what the leading theory is behind the big fish dying off.

A lightning strike in the water.

[SoonerCoug]

You might want to read a few Sooner posts.

I'd rather be judged on the merits of my posts in his particular thread. Great topic, by the way. I talked about this crap with other kids starting in elementary school. It was the first indication I had as a child that I was living in an environment of religious extremism.

[ERCougar]

My guess is that he was extrapolating based on the Kolob Day = 1,000 years math.

Which turns the D&C into a mixture of revelation and personal thoughts/ideas (or calculations).

By the way, I'm not saying this is wrong (it's likely not), but it does seem a little antithetical to what most conservative mormons would say.

[Indy Coug]

So know one knows what the leading theory is behind the big fish dying off.

A dramatic change in temperature which led to the collapse of the bottom of the aquatic food chain, which brought about mass extinction.

[Indy Coug]

Which turns the D&C into a mixture of revelation and personal thoughts/ideas (or calculations).

Which undoubtedly renders the entire volume null and void.

[byu71]

A lightning strike in the water.

Thanks. They might have said that in one of the shows I watched on preshistoric big fish, but I might have gone to the bathroom during that part.

[wuapinmon]

So know one knows what the leading theory is behind the big fish dying off.

I'm fairly certain there are two causes:

#1 Asteroid strike dampens sunlight, plankton and algae wither, fish that feed on them are fewer, the big meat-eating fish die off due to lack of game.

#2 Evolution. Fish with gills are at an advantage than the old air-breathing dinosaurs. I remember a Discovery Channel thing about this, where the air breathers were preyed on by bigger gilled animals. There are aquatic airbreathers, but they are mammals. Crocs and gators are amphibians.

[FMCoug]

This is easy. 6,000 years ago when God created the earth, he took it from pieces of other planets where dinosaurs had previously existed.

Exactly. And that's why the dinosaur sites are all grouped in certain areas of the world. Those parts came from dinosaur planets.

I actually heard this in Gospel Doctrine once. Yikes.