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beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts) Fri Dec 4, 2015, 03:50 AM Dec 2015

A Creationist is Mad at Pixar for Assuming Humans and Dinosaurs Didn’t Already Live Together

A Creationist is Mad at Pixar for Assuming Humans and Dinosaurs Didn’t Already Live Together
November 28, 2015 by Hemant Mehta

Disney/Pixar released The Good Dinosaur a few days ago, and it appears to be doing well at the box office, giving the final Hunger Games movie a run for its money. The film is all about what would have happened if an asteroid did *not* wipe out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and humans lived alongside them today.

And who better to talk about dinosaurs living alongside humans than the people who think The Flintstones was a documentary?

At Creation Ministries International, Lita Cosner is obviously upset that the movie just assumes the dinosaurs would have gone extinct millions of years ago if not for an asteroid, since, you know, the Earth only came into being 6,000 years ago.

Millions of years is literally central to the movie’s plot: if we rewind history millions of years and tweak the comet’s path, what changes? And then fast-forward millions of years to see the results. Of course, this is part of the constant barrage of references to MOY timescales that cumulatively indoctrinate people into disbelieving the Bible’s history.

In her view, using an evidence-based history as the foundation for a “what if?” film is inherently anti-Christian.

She’s also upset that the movie’s premise of humans and dinosaurs living side-by-side represents an alternative reality. Because that’s her actual reality.

… the most subtle evolutionary idea of all is that dinosaurs and man never lived together. In fact, according to the Bible’s history, dinosaurs and man were created on the same day, Day 6 of Creation Week (plesiosaurs and pterosaurs, extinct flying and swimming reptiles similar to dinosaurs, would have been created on Day 5)…

Clearly, this is a Pixar conspiracy to turn kids against Jesus.

But this is a movie review, so the main question is whether or not parents should take their kids to see it. Cosner says that’s okay… but parents should beware that they may be condemning their kids’ eternal souls.

More: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/11/28/a-creationist-is-mad-at-pixar-for-assuming-humans-and-dinosaurs-didnt-already-live-together

Who didn't see that coming?

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A Creationist is Mad at Pixar for Assuming Humans and Dinosaurs Didn’t Already Live Together (Original Post) beam me up scottie Dec 2015 OP

Are dinosaurs kosher? DetlefK Dec 2015 #1

I'll have to ask an expert, good question! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #2

I'm sure that "serious" theologians could spend skepticscott Dec 2015 #3

All dinos are kosher except the struthiomimus - which had two toes... Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #8

I think given what we now know about their close evolutionary kinship with birds Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #9

This movie review should be used as... NeoGreen Dec 2015 #4

It looks like a cute movie. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #5

Jesus, I'm sick of these idiots! trusty elf Dec 2015 #6

LOL! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #7

I always check Xian Answers for my cinema-spiritual needs... onager Dec 2015 #10

Gotta love parents who micromanage every moment of their childrens' existence. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #11

I think we need public figures to start calling these creationists "idiots" RussBLib Dec 2015 #12

Typical anti-christian bigotry Lordquinton Dec 2015 #13

This film is one of Pixar's best movies Gothmog Jan 2021 #14

Funny thing about dinsoaurs...they didn't really go extinct RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #15

DetlefK

(16,450 posts)

1. Are dinosaurs kosher?

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 05:03 AM

Dec 2015

Just curious. Too lazy to look it up in the Bible.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

2. I'll have to ask an expert, good question!

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 05:03 AM

Dec 2015

Maybe just the front parts? No dino butts!

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)

3. I'm sure that "serious" theologians could spend

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:16 AM

Dec 2015

months arguing over that subtle and important topic, and keep a straight face the whole time.

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)

8. All dinos are kosher except the struthiomimus - which had two toes...

Reply to skepticscott (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:59 AM

Dec 2015

Come to think of it: the front legs of T-Rex have two toes as well. So T-Rex probably isn't kosher either.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

9. I think given what we now know about their close evolutionary kinship with birds

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:16 AM

Dec 2015

they probably tasted like chicken.

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)

4. This movie review should be used as...

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:33 AM

Dec 2015

...part of a "This is your brain....this is your brain on religion" public warning.

Note to jury...this is not

Note to resident A&A stalker/alerter.....

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

5. It looks like a cute movie.

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:40 AM

Dec 2015

Too bad the idiots have to ruin everything, parents shouldn't have to worry about the troglodytes using fiction as fact but you know.

*insert standard A&A disclaimer here*

No theists were harmed in the making of this post

trusty elf

(7,475 posts)

6. Jesus, I'm sick of these idiots!

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:54 AM

Dec 2015

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beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

7. LOL!

Reply to trusty elf (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:56 AM

Dec 2015

Those are great! You've been holding out on us!

onager

(9,356 posts)

10. I always check Xian Answers for my cinema-spiritual needs...

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:29 AM

Dec 2015

Hmm. Their reviewer gave it 3 stars. And included a Sex/Nudity warning. FOR A FUCKING CARTOON!

The movie may be alluding to human Evolution through the use of characters who appear to be primitive humans. The movie also assumes that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

The seven-minute short film “Sanjay’s Super Team” which precedes “The Good Dinosaur” in theaters also raises some content concerns. A father and son are shown engaging in a Hindu meditation ritual, and the son daydreams of a battle in which a cartoon superhero and several gods team up to fight off a rather ugly-looking monster. Young children may find this scarier than any particular scene within “The Good Dinosaur” itself.

Violence: Moderate to heavy / Language: Minor (no profanity) / Sex/Nudity: Minor—Spot wears only a leaf diaper.

For more evolutionary hilarity, here's a link to their review of "Jurassic World:"

http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2015/jurassicworld2015.html

And right on topic for something else we've been discussing - Xian Answers always has a "PRAYER FOCUS" feature on their front page. So you too can feel good about doing nothing except moving your lips:

Today’s prayer focus

Brad Paisley, recording artist, actor, composer—“Cars” (soundtrack), “CMT Top 20 Countdown”
Scott Pelley, anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News” and a correspondent for “60 Minutes”

Please take a moment now to pray for these influential people (prayer suggestions). Don’t just complain about “Hollywood,” PRAY for these influential people.

Hollywood and Jesus Christ— What do celebrities believe?

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

11. Gotta love parents who micromanage every moment of their childrens' existence.

Reply to onager (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:21 AM

Dec 2015

Those kids always turn out great.

RussBLib

(9,649 posts)

12. I think we need public figures to start calling these creationists "idiots"

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:44 AM

Dec 2015

we know they are self-deluded idiots, and I don't give a fuck about your "sincerely-held beliefs".

Your "sincerely-held beliefs" show you to be an IDIOT!

Bloggers and interneters can call them all the names we want, but we need a constant barrage of high-profile people publicly calling them out.

I'm in a foul mood today.