What Came First?

[Olm]

What came first, birds or land animals? In the bible it says fish then birds then land animals. I am having a hard time finding evidance that birds were before land animals. With the research i'm doing it seems that land animals were before birds. The only thing that seems to help support that birds were first is that most sites that i have been on say due to the light or week bones of birds that they have a hard time fossilizing unlike mamals. Which would mean that there could be birds that were before land amimals but they just didnt become fossils. Can anyone give some input on this?

[DoubtingThomas]

I would always go with what the Bible account tells us, over what scientist say the fossil record tells us. But that is just me. I have much more faith in God's Word than I do over scientist who aren't even sure of and are still debating among themselves.

DT

[barry]

I would always go with what the Bible account tells us, over what scientist say the fossil record tells us. But that is just me. I have much more faith in God's Word than I do over scientist who aren't even sure of and are still debating among themselves.

DT[/b]

For me as well.
If there is any 'mismatch' between science and the bible, than the bible will always be the authority for me.

[SlaveForJah]

What came first, birds or land animals? In the bible it says fish then birds then land animals. I am having a hard time finding evidance that birds were before land animals. With the research i'm doing it seems that land animals were before birds. The only thing that seems to help support that birds were first is that most sites that i have been on say due to the light or week bones of birds that they have a hard time fossilizing unlike mamals. Which would mean that there could be birds that were before land amimals but they just didnt become fossils. Can anyone give some input on this?[/b]

"20 And God went on to say: "Let the waters swarm forth a swarm of living souls and let flying creatures fly over the earth upon the face of the expanse of the heavens." 21 And God proceeded to create the great sea monsters and every living soul that moves about, which the waters swarmed forth according to their kinds, and every winged flying creature according to its kind. And God got to see that [it was] good. 22 With that God blessed them, saying: "Be fruitful and become many and fill the waters in the sea basins, and let the flying creatures become many in the earth." 23 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fifth day.

24 And God went on to say: "Let the earth put forth living souls according to their kinds, domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth according to its kind." And it came to be so. 25 And God proceeded to make the wild beast of the earth according to its kind and the domestic animal according to its kind and every moving animal of the ground according to its kind. And God got to see that [it was] good.

26 And God went on to say: "Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and the domestic animals and all the earth and every moving animal that is moving upon the earth." 27 And God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God's image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 Further, God blessed them and God said to them: "Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth."

29 And God went on to say: "Here I have given to YOU all vegetation bearing seed which is on the surface of the whole earth and every tree on which there is the fruit of a tree bearing seed. To YOU let it serve as food. 30 And to every wild beast of the earth and to every flying creature of the heavens and to everything moving upon the earth in which there is life as a soul I have given all green vegetation for food." And it came to be so.

31 After that God saw everything he had made and, look! [it was] very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a sixth day." - Genesis 1:20-31




"16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." - 2Timothy 3:16,17


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