What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs

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There are many arguments over what happened to the dinosaurs. Scientist have one theory and religions have others. Scientist mainly believe that what killed the dinosaurs was a massive meteor. Religions, however, have theories that say everything from bloodshed and disease to Noah’s ark and a massive flood. In my opinion, the scientific theories seem more realistic and believable. This paper is going to discuss the theories and evidence that science provides and also the theories and evidence that religion provides. After I write about the scientific and religious points of view on dinosaurs I will then give my own opinion on which seems more believable and what i think happened to the dinosaurs.Scientists and paleontologists believe that a massive meteor strike killed off all dinosaurs. Scientists also believe that the meteor was only the final blow, they believe that all the creatures of that time were suffering from heat and air faults because of many volcanic eruptions. Scientists believe that years before the the meteor struck the earth volcanoes were erupting and killing off creatures and the ash from these volcanoes were also killing creatures. Scientists believe that the meteor that struck the Earth was just the final blow to kill off the dinosaurs. The only creatures that survived were small animals that could hide from the blast. Ones that could bury themselves within the ground and stay safe. These were the small mammals that dinosaurs hunted and ate. Scientists believe that the meteor was the final blasts that killed off the dinosaurs and the only creatures to survive were the ones that could hide themselves from the blast. Their proof is many fossils in layers of ash and also a giant crater on the

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...urs are only a few thousand years old and killed each other because of sin and claim that science is wrong.

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What Happened to the Dinosaurs?. (n.d.).- Animals Past and Present. Retrieved November 15, 2013, from http://urbanext.illinois.edu/animals/dinosaurs.cfm

What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?. (n.d.). - Answers in Genesis. Retrieved November 15, 2013, from http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/what-happened-to-the-dinosaurs

Dinosaurs and the Bible. (n.d.). - Answers in Genesis. Retrieved November 15, 2013, from http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/1999/11/05/dinosaurs-and-the-bible

What Killed Dinosaurs: New Ideas About the Wipeout. (n.d.).nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved September 15, 2013, from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130212--chicxulub-asteroid-dinosaurs-volcano-mass-extinction-environment-science/

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