There is proof of dinosaurs, so where is that when God has mentioned about His created man, heaven, and earth? Can you give me the most straightforward answer in easy words for a high schooler?

By CopticBot.ai (Coptic Space Inc.) · Last reviewed 2026-10-10

To give you the most straightforward answer, you have to look at how we read the Bible and what the history of the Earth actually shows. Here is the breakdown in easy-to-understand terms:

1. The Bible Is Not a Science Textbook

The Book of Genesis was written to tell us Who created the world (God), not to give a technical manual on how every single animal was made or a list of every species that ever lived. Moses wrote Genesis to teach us that God is the Master of everything and that humans are special. Just because dinosaurs aren't mentioned by name doesn't mean they didn't exist; thousands of insects and deep-sea fish aren't mentioned either, yet we know God made them.

2. When Were They Created?

In the Coptic tradition, we believe God created all animals. Dinosaurs would fall under the "creatures of the sea" or "beasts of the Earth" created on the fifth and sixth days. Saint Ephraim the Syrian explains that God created things from nothing, and then from those elements, He made the various forms of life (Source 1). Dinosaurs were simply part of the animal kingdom that lived according to God's plan for a period of time.

3. Why Are They Gone Now?

We know dinosaurs existed because we find their bones (fossils). In the Orthodox view, the world changed drastically after the Fall of Man (when Adam sinned) and later during the Great Flood. The environment of the Earth was no longer the "paradise" it once was. Many species could not survive the changes in the climate, the lack of food, or the new reality of death that entered the world. Extinction is a result of living in a fallen, broken world.

4. The Straightforward Truth

• Did God make dinosaurs? Yes, because He made "all things, visible and invisible."
• Does the Bible mention them? Not by the modern word "dinosaur" (which was only invented in the 1800s), but it does mention "great serpents" or "monsters" (Source 1).
• Why don't we see them in the Garden of Eden story? Because the focus of the Bible is on the relationship between God and humans, not on biological catalogs.

The Bottom Line:

Dinosaurs are proof of God’s amazing creativity and the massive scale of His creation. Their existence doesn't contradict the Church. We believe God created them, they lived, and they went extinct because the world changed after sin entered the picture. You don't have to choose between believing in fossils and believing in God; God is the one who put the fossils there to begin with!