In the floor of Carlisle Cathedral in Carlisle England, is the tomb of Bishop Richard Bell who died in 1496. Engraved into the brass that covers his tomb are depictions of animals such as a dog, a pig, a bird, an eel, a fish and a weasel. In addition to these “usual” animals, however, are what appear to be obvious representations of two large quadruped type dinosaurs. Even more interesting is that they are not only represented accurately anatomically, but in their posture as well, holding their heads and tails aloft and horizontally, which information we have not had until recent years.

So how did the engravers in 15th century England know how to accurately depict creatures whose fossilized remains would not even be “discovered” by modern men until the 1800’s? Why did these engravers, without any fanfare, place images of these beasts with those of other “everyday” creatures?

I also wonder about the “coincidence” of these creatures engraved in 15th century England looking just like the apparent sauropod carved into stone by the Anasazi people of southwestern Utah 500 -1500 years ago. Why did they carve images of the same animal?

We have been told for years that the last dino died around 65,000,000 years ago. If that is true, how is it that Tyrannosaurus remains have been found with soft tissues still intact? From an article in National Geographic News, March 24th, 2005:

The paleontologist and her colleagues removed mineral fragments from the interior of the femur by soaking it in a weak acid. The fossil dissolved, exposing a flexible, stretchy material and transparent vessels.

Really? We’re being asked to believe that soft tissues, flexible, stretchy and even transparent, have been preserved for millions of years without fossilizing or disintegrating? Do we really have any idea how long one million years is in the first place? How much faith does such a postulation require of us? A more plausible ex-planation seems to be that these remains are much more recent than we are being led to believe.

Of course not the least of this evidence is found in the Bible itself. In Job chapters 38 & 39, God asks Job several unanswerable questions about ten different kinds of wild animals and birds such as the lion, goat, deer, horse, hawk, eagle, ostrich and so on. God’s questions are based on the idea that Job would have personally observed these creatures, or else they would be meaningless.

In chapters 40 & 41, however, God asks Job about two creatures that by their detailed descriptions could only be dinosaurs. There is the behemoth whose limbs are like bars of iron and who bends his tail like a cedar. He is called “first” of the ways of God and is so great that he drinks up rivers and cannot be captured by man.

Then there is leviathan who is described in short, as follows: he is so great that he cannot be touched by spears, harpoons, swords, arrows or clubs. To him, iron is like straw and bronze like stubble. There is terror in his teeth and his scales are like armor so tight that nothing can come between them. None are so fierce that they would arouse him. Those who even see him would be laid low. When he raises himself up the mighty are terrified and bewildered and those who lay a hand on him do not forget the battle. There is nothing else on earth like him.

Genesis chapter one teaches us that God created all creatures in the beginning with man. With this, there is a huge and obvious body of evidence in agreement, contrary to popular, secular, atheistic evolutionary thought.

As Jesus said, I will conclude; “He who has ears to hear, let him hear” .