{"id":52,"date":"2010-02-05T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2010\/02\/dinosaurs-and-jesus.html"},"modified":"2010-02-05T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T07:55:00","slug":"dinosaurs-and-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2010\/02\/dinosaurs-and-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaurs and Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week <\/span>I revealed my childhood love for dinosaurs<\/a>. And as a kid growing up in a devout Christian home, I also harbored a childhood love for Jesus. Some of my first real spiritual questions came when I wasn’t able to fit my beloved dinosaurs into the biblical narrative.<\/p>\n

Too bad I didn’t have these religious dinosaur pictures to inform me. Because they sure would have made me feel better about things.<\/p>\n

The Most Awesome Picture Ever:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is actually a fine art print available<\/a> from an artist named Derek Chatwood. But the really sad thing is that, when I first saw it a couple of years ago, I wondered for a long time whether it was real. A long<\/span> time. Because I would absolutely not be surprised if coloring books like this actually existed from Answers in Genesis<\/a> or some other such Young Earth creationist organization. (H\/T: Josh Hatcher<\/a> for the reminder)<\/p>\n

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The Second Most Awesome Picture Ever<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have no clue about the origin of this one — if you have any idea let me know — but it’s wonderful. That baby dinosaur looks so content in the arms of Christ! All creatures great and small…including juvenile killing machines from the late Jurassic period.<\/p>\n

Anyway, when I’m down in the dumps, I always picture myself as a baby Allosaurus<\/span> leaning my carnivorous head against the sturdy chest of an anglo Messiah who clearly brushes his long hair. It helps.<\/p>\n

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The Ark Must Have Been a-Rockin’<\/span><\/p>\n

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The big Creationist\/Young Earth idea explaining dinosaur fossils is that most of them are the result of the biblical flood. But since the Bible says every creature “that lives upon the ground<\/a>” was represented on the ark — and because organizations like Answers in Genesis insist that the dinosaurs were still alive<\/a> at the time of the flood — they conclude that dinosaurs were on the Ark<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

So obviously, the biblical ark-boarding scene would have looked just like above. The T.Rex<\/span> will lie down with the lamb, etc.<\/p>\n

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Hi, I’m Man<\/span><\/p>\n

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This isn’t specifically a religious picture, but I love it all the same. It’s a typical dinosaur-size comparison chart like you’d find in a textbook. These images always compare dinosaurs to the size of an adult male. So you have dinosaur silhouettes situated next to a man-sized silhouette, who, inexplicably, is always waving at the camera.<\/p>\n

Trust me: if you are within 12 feet of a line of five different bloodthirsty predators, all of whom are leaning toward you with mouths agape, it would probably serve you well not to stop and wave at the camera.<\/p>\n

Unless, of course, you’re Jesus. The logical conclusion, then, is that the unspeakably calm blue figure in these illustrations is the Son of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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