Yeah, even if the world is that old they could have still lived in history.
The Bible never mentions dinosaurs. It is probably because the people writing the religion didn't even know what dinosaurs were so they didn't include them in the story that supposidly tells you how everything works.
Woo! This is one question I really look forward to answering. Do you remember what I said earlier in the topic about the Book of Job, chapters 40 and 41? You might want to read those. Depending on the version you have (like KJV), you'll hear about some bizairre creatures called the Behemoth and the Leviathan. The Behemoth is a strange creature that swings it's tail like a cedar tree, eats grass, drinks tons of water, has bones like iron, and can break through traps with his nose. The Leviathan is a scary sea creature with scales, sharp teeth and... BREATHES FIRE!! Not kidding. I wrote a fun research paper for college about the possibility of living dinosaurs today and I learned about this in part of my research. I'll let you read a small part of that here if you want to.
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Many church attendants have probably never heard about something like this, but it is quite possible that dinosaurs (or something like them) are mentioned in a few brief places in the Bible. Occasionally, we can hear words like “behemoth,” “leviathan,” and “dragon” mentioned, and despite how the names of these words can change between versions, one specific book appears to suggest things much different from any modern day animal we may think of (King James Bible).
In the book of Job in chapter 40:15-24, God reminds Job about a creature called behemoth, and says that it eats grass in the mountains, has bones as strong as brass or iron bars, and that he can “drinketh up a river and hasteth not; he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.” He also says that the creature moves his tail like a cedar tree and can break through hunters’ traps with his nose. Versions like the Living Bible translates the word behemoth into “hippopotamus,” but if that was only hippo, it would have to be a very thirsty, mountain-dwelling hippo with a big tail (King James Bible).
When chapter 40 ends, the next one presents an even greater suggestion of a possible dinosaur when it goes on to describe another fierce and powerful creature (or a different name for the same creature) named leviathan; the last creature that God describes.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down (verse 1)?... Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears? Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him (7-9)? Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round bout. His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.” (King James Bible, Job 40:14-15)
The phrase “drawing out leviathan” sounds like a reference to water, and the aquatic creature must have tough, scaly skin and perhaps a mouth like a crocodile. But could a crocodile or other small scaly creature escape from these sharp, deadly weapons? And what kind of scaled creature could scare everyone, including Steve Irwin, simply by its appearance? Is it a giant crocodile perhaps? If anyone thought they knew the answer, the end of the chapter only sets those ideas on fire.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or cauldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth (19-21).... He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment (31).... Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. (King James Version, 33)
Are these creatures what we think they are? If the behemoth is not a grass-eating dinosaur and the leviathan is not a dragon or fire-breathing sea serpent, then what else could they possibly be? Would God, who supposedly speaks in these verses and the rest of Job, exaggerate about these beasts (Job 38-42)? Or were these simply a few analogies for the devil or something else, like the analogies in Revelation?
We may not know for sure, but we can remember that God depicts these two creatures following many other well-known animals, therefore suggesting more real animals. (Job 38-42). And He has also compared the devil with ordinary creatures before, such as a wolf, serpent, and “a roaring lion,” so that could possibly indicate something too. If not dinosaurs, perhaps these are things we have never seen before (and may never want to) (King James Version).
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That was a really fun paper to write! But anyway... that's what it says. The paper wasn't only about what the Bible says but that was a big part of it.
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