The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible

by Paul S. Taylor

Book Overview

Children often have a big problem understanding how dinosaurs fit with Creation and the Bible. Yet the basic mystery about dinosaurs is easy to solve with the help of God's Word. This unusual book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896362647
• ISBN13: 9780896362642
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Creationist propaganda for kids

I have this book in a Swedish translation. "The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible" is a creationist book aimed at children. Creationists, or rather young earth creationists, are Christian fundamentalists who believe that God created the world about 10,000 years ago. They take the stories in the Book of Genesis quite literally: Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, and the fall of man. They also believe the stories about Noah, the ark and the deluge. It's amazing that these originally Israelite Bronze Age legends are still believed by millions of people in the United States, the nation that put Buzz Aldrin on the Moon! One of many reasons is books like this one. Fundamentalism is a kind of broad subculture with its own schools, colleges, TV stations, publishing companies, and (surprise) churches. It's a cradle-to-the-grave kind of thing. Children who grow up in this subculture are exposed to the creationist propaganda from a very early age. Some never hear the alternative scientific version until they attend secular colleges in their twenties! Dinosaurs are a special problem for "literalist" Christians since, of course, dinosaurs are never mentioned in the Bible. Yet, their existence cannot be denied. Moreover, dinosaurs are very much a pop culture phenomenon. The creationists have therefore grabbed the bull by the horns (or is it a Triceratops?) and use the popularity of dinosaurs as an attention-grabber. Despite the obvious absurdity, many "Bible-believing" creationist books are about dinosaurs, books for kids in particular. Paul Taylor's book rehashes the usual creationist worldview. The dinosaurs lived in Eden together with Adam and Eve. They were peaceful herbivores, including Tyrannosaurus. The book is filled with nice colour illustrations of dinosaurs mingling with antelopes, elephants and parrots. On one illustration, the mighty hand of God supernaturally brings forth both dinosaurs, chimpanzees and penguins! The author further claims that the dinosaurs were taken onboard the ark, and hence survived the Flood. By contrast, an old family bible of mine contains a picture of dinosaurs and mammoths drowning in the deluge. Taylor is more consistent: if one pair of "all" animals were taken onboard the ark, dinosaurs must have been included as well. Creationists claim that Leviathan and Behemoth, mentioned in the Book of Job, were really dinosaurs. In their opinion, then, dinosaurs *are* mentioned in the Bible. The last part of "The Great Dinosaur Mystery" sounds like a treatise on cryptozoology, a pseudoscience claiming that mythical animals such as Bigfoot or the Great Sea Serpent are real. Since the dinosaurs supposedly survived the deluge, Taylor must prove that humans have seen dinosaurs. This he does by retelling various stories from ancient Greek, Babylonian or Chinese sources, and some medieval or Renaissance chronicles, about "dragons" and other mysterious reptiles of enormous size. Even the gargoyles on Gothic cathedrals are used

All About Dinos.

Children of all ages love dinosaurs. They are fascinated by them and will soak up anything dealing with those creature of old. A question that usually arises when discussing dinosaurs with children is, "what happened to the dinosaurs?" This book answers that question in the most logical and plausible way. The book is quite informative not just for kids, but for adults as well. It explains how dinosaurs fit into the Biblical creation, exposes flaws in many popular scientific theories, and illumines the validity of a Judeo/Christian world view in science. Yet, the book is quite simple to read and understand and does not become bogged down in superfluous scientific jargon. An excellent read.

mystery solved

I found this book to be very useful in explaining dinosaurs to my childern in a way that is consistant with my Biblical beliefs. It answered my own questions and I recommend it to anyone of any age. It is a great tool for reinforcing what we know to be truth.

Excellent - Biblical view of creation, dinosaurs

This book is similar to David Unfred's book about the Bible and dinosaurs (dragons, monsters, serpents), and both are good for children if you want the Christian perspective on the matter. See what Genesis says about how young our earth is. See what happened to the dinosaurs and many other animals who became fossils (in the great flood of Noah's time). Man and dinosaur did live together, but climatic changes after the flood and hunting brought on their demise (or at least the demise of most of them). There is still evidence that their may be some of these creatures in the oceans and in remote parts of the world. The Biblical mentions in Job of behemoth and leviathan open up a whole new perspective for Christians who were not familiar with this and the truth of Genesis is upheld. There are color and black and white illustrations for the children to look at while you read to them. This book and David Unfred's book "Dinosaurs and the Bible" are both good. They address generally the same topic, but each brings out some different aspects on the topic (see also my comments on Unfred's book as they would apply to this book, also). I highly recommend both to parents. "There was no death until Adam sinned."

Much needed information for our confused, scientific age.

When one criticizes this book it is no doubt because they don't understand that many Christian children are being fed disinformation in school, on tv and in movies. The book clearly explains (and proves) that dinosaurs did indeed exist after the flood and were not unknown to the writers of the Bible. It is not a book per se about evolution, but works well as a companion to the subject. Once we realize that dinosaurs are not as old as we're often told, the theory of macro-evolution is shown to be just that--- a theory, with no secure basis in factual history. I have owned a copy of this book since 1989 and frequently use it as a teaching aid, its bountiful illustrations rivet children's attention. But it is also useful for teens and adults who question the historic accuracy of the Sacred Scriptures.