My new favorite book: The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible

I've been lent Paul S. Taylor's The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible (only $10.19 at Amazon!) by a friend and peer in my program. This book is brilliant. It is a no-holds barred pile of fantastic silliness so that you too can convince your children that dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth together, that the Bible says so, and that some very scientifical sciencey science supports this tissue of poor imagination.

The whole thing begins with a "Special Note" from our friend, Henry M. Morris, Ph. D. (founder of the Institute for Creative Creation Nonsense Research). He assures us that it "will prove delightfully enjoyable to the children for whom it was written [and] it is also a significant contribution to Biblical apologetics." Would you like a side of indoctrination and brainwashing with that too? Sure thing!

It has small chapters on fossils, where dinosaurs came from, why they became extinct, the Noachian flood, the "Lost Paradise," dinosaur ferocity, and "Important Things to Remember." The section on what happened to the dinosaurs after the flood is particularly touching...err...ridiculous. Apparently, dinosaurs lived on for a few centuries after the flood, but even still, earthquakes, volcanoes, extreme temperature, and harmful radiation made the world "too harsh for dinosaurs. No longer did the earth have the same great forests of huge nutritious plants." I guess that goes for every other extinct species too?

And in case your were wondering whether creationists think that everyone was a vegetarian in the Garden of Eden: the answer is "Yes." "Before the Flood, there is no indication in the Bible that any of he animals ate meat or were violent and vicious. It is the people that God says were so terrible and violent." So I guess we have to wonder why so many Christians still eat meat if it's so bad? Why is lamb slaughtering sanctioned by God? Why show how great you are by killing yourself as your own son in front of a bunch of people if a world without death is ideal? Why would Jesus give all those dead fish to those hungry people? Not very peaceful of him. I think this book is cranially-rectally inverted.

Do you believe the Deinonychus ever ate anything but meat? Didn't think so. Look at the hooked sharp teeth, perfect for gripping and tearing? What's it going to do? Shred some wheat? Jump up into the air and viciously rip some papayas down and pulp them with those steak knives? And that claw is for tapping out some modern dance too.

But what do YOU and your kids really need to know about dinosaurs? It's not science. The last two pages (58-59) are full of useful dinosaur information. "Dinosaurs fit in perfectly with the Bible's record of history." They didn't evolve. Jesus made everything. The perfect world fell because people were disobedient which brought sin, death, pain, the Flood, and punishment. But don't worry, Jesus loves you and will forgive you, you can live forever, and the world will be perfected again. But the decision is yours.

Okay. I'll take the science please. The real stuff.