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    To the Parent:Dinomania probably began in 1854. It was in June of

    this year that an estimated crowd of 40,000 people

    flooded the exhibition halls of the famed Crystal Pal-

    ace in London. For the first time anywhere, visitors could

    see three-dimensional, life-sized models of dinosaurs in

    their natural setting. Like us, the Victorians were fasci-

    nated by these huge, extinct creatures.

    In the following decades, fossil hunters Othniel C. Marsh

    and Edward Drinker Cope engaged in a fierce rivalry

    for the choicest dinosaur remains. Massive skeletons

    the hard-won spoils of their campaigns in the arid lands

    of North Americas Wild Westchanged the design of

    museum buildings forever.

    The fever shows no sign of abating. In the last few dec-

    ades, we have seen an unbelievable proliferation of dino-

    saurs in practically every medium you can imaginefrom

    B-grade movies to slick coffee-table books.

    Yet there is more to this than commercial exploitation.

    Dinosaurs hold a special fascination for kids. And with

    that heightened level of interest comes an increased ca-

    pacity for learning. Educators know this, and have used

    dinosaurs as vehicles for teaching all sorts of concepts.

    Unfortunately, the favorite topics are macroevolution

    and uniformitarian geology.

    Macroevolution, as the name suggests, refers to change

    on a massive scale. It is the idea that one (or a very few)

    organisms gave rise to everything else that ever lived.

    In this view, jellyfish, sharks, apes, dinosaurs, and, yes,

    even humans, are twigs on one huge family tree.

    Uniformitarianismis the idea that geological processes

    in the past were pretty much the same as geological pro-

    cesses in the present. The present is the key to the past,as the old saying goes. If you find a layer of sandstone a

    hundred feet high, and you know that sand accumulates

    on modern beaches at the rate of one inch per year, then

    you need only do the math to appreciate the numbers

    implied by the uniformitarian assumption (well, there is

    more to it than that, but we hope you get the point).

    In recent years, geologists have awakened to the possibil-

    ity of catastrophes on a regional or even global scale. Yet

    the average geologist, walking around with geological

    hammer in hand, still thinks in uniformitarian terms.

    These two concepts are closely related because th

    most popular version of macroevolution (put forward b

    Charles Darwin in 1859) holds that mechanisms gover

    ing changes in living things were the same yesterday a

    they are today. So if the present is the key to the pas

    then changes in major plant and animal groups mu

    have been excruciatingly slow. As you probably have n

    ticed on your walks through the forest or your drives

    the countryside, species tend not to change very muc

    within the course of a single human life span. The a

    sumption, therefore, is that very long periods of time ar

    needed to explain the extraordinary diversity of life o

    Earth.

    Needless to say, there are all sorts of problems with bot

    these concepts, but they are the very ideas presented u

    critically in almost all science books for kids. The me

    sage goes something like this. Dinosaurs died out m

    lions of years ago. Humans have been around only fo

    a little while. Where did the dinosaurs come from? That

    right! They evolved, just like we evolved from apes. An

    see the little sparrow through your kitchen window?

    evolved from the dinosaurs!

    In fact, the message is so prevalent that many worship

    going, Bible-toting Christians have become vehemen

    supporters. If you tell our kids that man lived with din

    saurswhy, theyll be laughed out of school; theyll los

    their faith! This should not be a deterrent. As the apo

    tle Paul pointed out, the Gospel always will seem a

    foolishness to the unspiritual (1 Corinthians 2:14). T

    these mockers of the faith, the very idea of a Mans bein

    raised from the grave after three days is no more appea

    ing than the co-existence of humans and dinosaurs.

    Two objections arise frequently: (1) dinosaurs were to

    mean and nasty to live with man; and (2), no dinosau

    fossils have been found with human fossils.

    As to the first objection, humans often have survived

    the same neighborhood as fierce beasts. Dinosaur

    would have been no exception. Indeed, a lot of othe

    creatures our size might have found themselves havin

    to dodge the deadly jaws ofT. rex. And thanks to dino

    mania, we might have an exaggerated view of dinosau

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    APOLOGETICS PRESS, INC.

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    Phone (334) 272-8558 or (800) 234-8558 Copyright 1999, 2003 Revised and Expanded Edition

    All Rights Reserved

    population densities. Perhaps some parts of the world

    were safer than others. The existence of large preda-

    tors does not, by itself, preclude co-existence with man.

    As to the second objection, the absence of dinosaur fos-

    sils next to human fossils would not prove evolution and

    old Earth, and neither would it disprove the biblical view.

    Overall, in fact, the fossil record is no friend of evolution

    a situation that has not changed since Darwin bemoaned

    the lack of evidence for long-term, large-scale evolution

    back in 1859.

    What is the biblical view? According to Exodus 20:11,

    God created everything in the first six days of the Uni-

    verses existence, and rested on the seventh. To put it

    plainly, this leaves no room for macroevolution. It im-

    plies, also, that representatives of all Gods creatures

    were on the Earth at the same time (for a while, at least).

    So, yes, dinosaurs and man did live together.

    Further, if dinosaurs were around at the start of the Flood

    (and we have no reason to think they were not), then

    they qualified for berths on Noahs ark. God intended to

    save at least two of every animal kind that lived on the

    land and breathed air (Genesis 6:17; 7:22).

    What eventually became of the dinosaurs? No one

    knows for sure. Evolutionists favor the idea that an aster-

    oid or comet hit the Earth, causing the sudden, mass e

    tinction of the dinosaurs (making it a rare exception t

    the uniformitarian rule). But why would such a catastrophe be so selective in killing off the dinosaurs, while lea

    ing many other types of reptiles untouched? At least i

    the Flood model, all land-dwelling creatures had an equ

    chance of survival. It just happens that dinosaurs, fo

    some reason, were not able to survive what might hav

    been a rapidly changing post-Flood world.

    This is not the place to get into a full argument about a r

    cent creation and a worldwide flood. Apologetics Pre

    carries a lot of materials on these subjects. We invite yo

    to call or write for a free catalog (our address and toll-fre

    number are listed below).

    However, we have a number of hopes for this colorin

    book. We hope it will nourish young minds with the trut

    about dinosaurs. Even if your child cannot read, we hop

    he or she will get the message through the depictio

    of dinosaurs living with all sorts of creatures, includin

    man. The captions are simple, but we hope slightly olde

    kids will learn something about dinosaurs, and we know

    that they will have fun learning the names. We hope

    most of all, that this book will help lay the foundation o

    firm faith in our Creator.

    Copyright 2014, 2003 Abridged Edition

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    On the Sixth Day...

    Alioramus

    Euhelopus

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    7/20God made dinosaurGarudimimus

    Pachyrinosaur

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    Seismosaurus

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    Carcharodontosaurus

    T.

    rex

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    God protected plant eaterswith spikes, horns,

    and shields.

    Styracosaurus

    Stegosaurus

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    Velociraptor

    Deinonychus

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    Some dinosaurs were very strange

    Dimetrodon

    Amargasaurus

    Tanystropheus

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    The ancient seas might havebeen quite scary.

    Kronosaurus

    Mosasaurus

    Plesios

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    Perhaps the leviathanof Job 41 looked much like this.

    Gallodactylus

    Plotos

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    Maybe the behemoth ofJob 40 looked like this.

    Ultrasaurus

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    Humansmay

    have

    hu

    nted

    dinosaurs.

    Dicraeosaur

    us

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    Acrocanthosaurus

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    A fossil is a traceliving thing such aplant or an animal

    In order for a fosform, the animal mbe buried very qui

    Most of the time, tissues like skin anmuscles decay. Bubones and teeth o

    become fossilized

    Paleontologists arescientists who look forfossils.

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    Well kids, its time to leavebefore Iguana Don gets us into

    any more trouble.

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