Christianity & Dinosaurs

NiamhDunk

Whats the story with christianity and dinosaurs?
does the rcc believe that dinosaurs existed?

its just that a jehovahs witness called to the door the other day adn i asked her and she said ''yes, dinosaurs may have existed''

just wondering what the rcc believes?

Turtwig

Majority of Christians including creationists believe that dinosaurs existed.
RCC, definitely believes they existed.

Borneo Fnctn

Dinosaurs existed alongside humans in 2000BC as shown in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57athY1a0nU

Fanny Cradock

NiamhDunk wrote: »

Whats the story with christianity and dinosaurs?
does the rcc believe that dinosaurs existed?

its just that a jehovahs witness called to the door the other day adn i asked her and she said ''yes, dinosaurs may have existed''

just wondering what the rcc believes?

I would think that you would be hard pressed to find many people (there's always one, of course) who don't believe that dinosaurs existed. The bone of contention with creationists is when they existed. So, to answer your question, the RCC accepts that dinosaurs existed - just as they accept the theory of evolution. However, I feel it is important to point out that Catholicism is a denomination within Christianity. It seems to me that in Ireland people often conflate the two, even to the point of placing Catholicism above Christianity.

On a slightly different note, while the existence of dinosaurs might not be a hot topic of debate within Christianity, including Jehovah Witnesses under the umbrella of Christian denominations certainly is. A topic for another thread, methinks.

OP, this thread could easily head down the well traveled evolution and creationism route (a topic that historically gets people around these parts all hot under the collar), so given that your question has been answered, I'm going to take the preemptive measure of locking the thread.