June 21, 2010 by Lynn
In What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?, Ken Ham writes,
If Adam had not sinned, death would not have been in the world, and friendly dinosaurs would still be around. Sin is such a terrible thing, isn’t it?
Somehow, I’ve never really thought about it before, but can you imagine how overcrowded the planet would be if A&E hadn’t sinned?
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…hmm… strangely, I’d never really thought about that either.
Mormons would say that Adam and Eve wouldn’t have ever procreated without the Fall… so perhaps there’s something there.
Personally, at this moment without further study whatsoever, I’d suggest there may be more Enoch kinds of moments…
Of course, the entire issue of death before the Fall is fascinating. If nothing else, plant cell digestion had to have been active (since God said they could eat of any tree except that one pesky one [smile]). So… yes… what would have happened without the Fall? Perhaps further study of the root word of “death” used in this verse is in order…
~Luke
Wouldn’t be overcrowded at all, what with all the friendly dinosaurs snacking on all the little Adams and Eves.
Or… does he mean to imply that everything would have lived on air alone? Because eating meat or eating plants involves the death of a living thing.
Luke,
So, one day, shortly after his 365th birthday party, Enoch was out walking with God. [Poof!] Enoch suddenly vanishes from the earth without a trace. Sorta like Jimmy Hoffa. Or, what the Rapture will be like. An “Enoch moment.” It’s a bit of a backbend, but I like it.
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Audrey,
Luke gave away the answer: When the Bible reports that God told A&E that they could eat of the other trees, it reveals that they were allowed to eat plants – and not cause death. And,
otheranimals went by the same rules.;)
I just shared this on Facebook, and the captcha was “result jerking.” My comment was something to the effect of dino fossils not being created by satan to confuse the world. It all seems to come together somehow when we let go and let god, or maybe it’s just serendipitous.
:) ~~ Well, I was told that it was God (not Satan) who went messin’ with the fossils: God didn’t create them; rather, he just buried them in places that makes it look like evolution is true. Why? To fortify the faith of believers. (It doesn’t require faith to believe the believable (everybody can do that); but faith is required to believe the unbelievable.)
Though, wouldn’t it be funny if both God and Satan have been hiding and rehiding all the fossils, all along. What a couple of pranksters, those two. Such a mess they’d make, that’s for sure!
:S
Easter egg hunts are starting to make more sense. :)
To be honest I was being a little sarcastic. We all know that it was Slartibartfast who planted the fossils, and we applaud his work with the fjords as well.
Well, whomever is planting the fossils should contract the work out to the Easter Bunny. He could do it while he’s out hiding eggs. (The Easter Bunny is a boy, right?)