AboutJason Harris Expertise I am an LCMS Pastor. I can answer questions about Lutheran theology past and present, Lutheran and Protestant church history from the reformation onward. I can address Latin to English translation questions in the Lutheran Confessions. I am also well versed in American Protestant history of all types.
Experience I would be considered a "confessional" and "high-church" Lutheran familiar with more conservative viewpoints.
Publications I have been published several times in Liturgy, Hymnody, and Pulpit Journal.
Education/Credentials I received my Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Question If the theory of dinosaurs existing is true. Why are there not any living yet today? Why would god not want them to survive the flood?
Answer Hello Loren,
I am afraid I don't know the answer to either of your questions. I personally was not there at the time of the dinosaurs or the worldwide flood. The only thing I have to help me understand all the bones and scientific evidence is the word of One who was there.
Almost all people, whether they believe in creation or evolution, will say that dinosaurs did indeed exist. They simply vary in their understanding of how long ago this was and why they are not around today.
At some point in history, for some reason, God allowed many kinds of creatures to become extinct. We do not know whether the dinosaurs became extinct before or after the flood. (It could not have been *during* the flood, for if they were still around at the time of Noah, God would have placed them on the ark.)
Most of these issues are careful guesswork, often heavily biased by the scientists' underlying worldview. Evolutionism is a religious faith based on Atheism. Creationism is a religious faith based on Christianity.
The bottom line is that you are a special and beloved creation of God. He has formed you from your mother's womb. In love, our Lord died for his creation and rose again on the 3rd day as a firstfruit of the new heavens and the new earth.
Creationism thus is not a historical belief about the past. It is a hopeful confession of the future. For now all the current creation is corrupt and dying, groaning out as in birth pangs. But soon our Lord will return and make all things new; new rocks, new trees, new cats and dogs. The crowning jewel of this new creation is the church, all those who believe in Christ, who will exchange our lowly bodies for glorious and perfect bodies forever and ever. Amen.
