Dragons in the Bible

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Okay, some things might have been lost over time. But how much time are we talking about? The bible only spans the last 6 to 7 thousand years. We have mummies that are almost as old as that.

im not talking about lost im talkn bout if there were dragons who could spit fire we wouldnt know bcuz those gland would not last over time after the dragon died

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Okay, some things might have been lost over time. But how much time are we talking about? The bible only spans the last 6 to 7 thousand years. We have mummies that are almost as old as that.

And daddies.

More seriously, Cheddar Man. 😐

It was the sole reason (when I was a kid) I rejected, completely, any notion of a Young Earth. Granted, I never believed in a Young Earth idea but Cheddar Man is responsible for me being thoroughly convinced of that.

Originally posted by Shabazz916
im not talking about lost im talkn bout if there were dragons who could spit fire we wouldnt know bcuz those gland would not last over time after the dragon died

Unless the dragon was naturally mummified. Absolute statements don't work in this case.

^^^true.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Revelations is full of metaphors and symbolisms.

It's really hard to decipher the details of what's going on, but it's basically Jesus VS Satan in their final 1-on-1 match.

Jesus Christ is described with a face and body brighter than light, flaming eyes and a two-edged sword-like tongue.

it's actually a mismatch... Christ is too powerful for satan... in the Bible, it was archangel Michael who fought satan, and satan still lost...

"But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, The Lord rebuke you."
Jude 9

"Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
But they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven."
Revelation 12:7-8

poor satan... 🙂

There're no such things as dragons.

Religion is the misinterpretation of the fact that we're being moved in certain directions, and when we see the patterns we associate myths to them.

The patterns should not exist in a nature like this one. An anti-anthropocentric nature with no metaphysics.

However, everything in the universe can be represented with numbers, therefore the entire universe can be simulated by a powerful and sophisticated enough software program - and it is within this kind of program that we can be led and there is a non-chaotic pattern to the lives we're supposed to lead by our programmers. It is a synthetic path, we are truly ethereal beings in an ethereal world that in itself to us seems as real as the actual thing.

What are our programmers trying to make us do? Simple, act out the real human history. Obviously, things are different, and there are no longer limitations once you've formed your own placebos that are different from what they were meant to be. I'm telling you, I've wanted something to happen and it has happened immediately; because it was a placebo that I'm well-liked. That I'm fricken gorgeous. Snap of a finger. I was kissing a girl. I'm wicked smart, I can do this with minimal education because I'm intuitive enough to figure it out. Money falls my way. Easy.

The programmers are finding out that somehow some humans can tell the difference between a genuine existence and a synthesized reality constraint. Others buy into it and strengthen the delusion much how one would break it; and that's by using a placebo.

They were probably talking about dragon breath in the morning and folks who don't floss and drink coffee having the worst butt hole breath. After all, it's the millions of bacteria in the mouth that cause that. Doubtful there were ever millions of dragons on earth at any one time.

Originally posted by SayWhat
They were probably talking about dragon breath in the morning and folks who don't floss and drink coffee having the worst butt hole breath. After all, it's the millions of bacteria in the mouth that cause that. Doubtful there were ever millions of dragons on earth at any one time.

Originally posted by riv6672
The Bible mentions dragons a few times. Satan is compared to one in Revelations i think.
Most ancient people have myths and legends about dragons.
Is this some kind of dinosaur thing? Dinos weren't known about during bible times that i'm aware of.
I never thought about it till i read something earlier today that mentioned it.
Just curious as to any thoughts or theories on the subject.

I'm finding the so-called "Young Earth Creationist" views the most intriguing.

Also that one of these Creationists is Bentley.

Very interesting article making note of the fact that no less than Marco Polo claimed to have seen creatures that describe what we think of as dinosaurs today, long before people are thought to have looked at or reconstructed fossil bones into complete skeletons:

http://rkbentley.blogspot.com/2012/03/marco-polo-describes-dinosaur_09.html

Originally posted by dyajeep
it's actually a mismatch... Christ is too powerful for satan... in the Bible, it was archangel Michael who fought satan, and satan still lost...

"But when [b]the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, The Lord rebuke you."
Jude 9

"Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
But they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven."
Revelation 12:7-8

poor satan... 🙂 [/B]

Yeah, he and all the rest of the disloyal angels got their @$$es kicked good. That's for sure.

Originally posted by SayWhat
They were probably talking about dragon breath in the morning and folks who don't floss and drink coffee having the worst butt hole breath. After all, it's the millions of bacteria in the mouth that cause that. Doubtful there were ever millions of dragons on earth at any one time.

There are still dragons on the Earth.

😛 😂

^^^its funny but kinda true!
I mean, modern birds are descended from dinosaurs...

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
I'm finding the so-called "Young Earth Creationist" views the most intriguing.

Also that one of these Creationists is Bentley.

Very interesting article making note of the fact that no less than Marco Polo claimed to have seen creatures that describe what we think of as dinosaurs today, long before people are thought to have looked at or reconstructed fossil bones into complete skeletons:

http://rkbentley.blogspot.com/2012/03/marco-polo-describes-dinosaur_09.html

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
I'm finding the so-called "Young Earth Creationist" views the most intriguing.

Also that one of these Creationists is Bentley.

Am I? 😕

As a very orthodox Pokemon player I believe in Evolution 😎

I found this to be interesting to say the least.

http://www.creationevidence.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28

First of all we have no idea what happened long ago. We have no idea if the Garden of Eden existed. Scientists have tried to find evidence, but nature has a tendency of destroying crime scenes. We have no proof that early man did not become this way after the fall of Adam, and Eve. We have no proof that early man wasn't highly intelligent. Evolution is called into question here. Apes were apes from their inception, and are still apes today. They did not change one bit. We can adapt; I believe strongly in this. Our tolerance of the cold can become greater, but that is not the same as mutating over a period of time or after generations. The evolution of thought exists, but there is no clear or solid evidence that we once upon a time looked like Micheal Jackson's good buddy Bubbles. I could be wrong though. I have never seen 100% proof, of man and woman evolving from what appeared to be an ape, to what we are today. I have seen people develop rheumatoid arthritis over years of physical exposure to harsh elements, and/or physical trauma (concerning people walking around hunched over). That is no proof that we were not incredibly intelligent in those days, yet lacking in technological might. Trial and error are the only things that we can say without a doubt evolves.

There are a lot of things that we do not know, but what we do know is that time is a construct that we have created. Could Dragons have existed? I don't see why not. We do not truly know what the dinosaurs looked like when they walked the Earth, we have no idea if they were covered in scale, or fur when it comes to certain ones. We also have no idea how long Mankind has been on this planet. Could the reason that we have never seen Dragon bone be that they were aquatic creatures? Could they have been spiritual creatures? The Bible also tells of a race of Giants that walked the Earth. We may have wiped them out for many of the same reasons that we wiped out the Dodo bird, or flat nosed Bear? We may have even eliminated them due to racism? If we believe in what the bible says; Nephalim were directly linked to Dragons, or at least to the first of the fallen (Angels). In conclusion, there are many things that were not recorded, but that does not mean that they did not exist.

I used to be certain that the Garden of Eden when it existed was located in the Middle East somewhere near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers but then after reading some articles on the subject it was made clear to me that the Great Flood of Noah's time would have drastically altered the topography of the world. We can never be certain where it was located but one thing I am sure of is the fact that it did, in fact, exist despite what all the nonbelievers stubbornly think.

Originally posted by Stoic
Evolution is called into question here.

To be fair that argument would only sort of work on human evolution, bacteries are quick evolvers.

Originally posted by Bentley
To be fair that argument would only sort of work on human evolution, bacteries are quick evolvers.

Does bacteria evolve, or adapt? Why are apes still apes? They have been here for a very long time, and nothing has changed in them, nor should we expect that in 10,000 years from now that they would change based on what we see today.

Originally posted by Stoic
Does bacteria evolve, or adapt? Why are apes still apes? They have been here for a very long time, and nothing has changed in them, nor should we expect that in 10,000 years from now that they would change based on what we see today.

Humans didn't evolve from apes. Chimpanzees and humans diverged from a common ancestor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee%E2%80%93human_last_common_ancestor

Originally posted by Shakyamunison

Originally posted by Mindship
Good triceps development. Must be the close-grip pushups.

I wouldn't mess with it. 😉