Did Dragons Really Exist?

[Lady Dark Moon]

there was a similar case where they thought that giants existed, only to find that they were mismatched woolly mammoth bones.

[Celestial Wanderer]

How is possible it that dragons can breath fire, and you know, not get burnt inside? Well, if they really did exist, i suppose thats why we can't get bones to prove that fire-breating dragons existed. Onl

[Plish]

HAs n e one ever thought that the priests and holy men made it up to strengthen thier religun? that they spread rumors of horrible creatures that spitfire and feeed off men and thier flocks of sheep so peaople would flock to worship the one god himself in hope that they would b protected? as for the nobles, they made up tales for themselves to brag to thier king that they have slewn the great dragon for him.

sorry to burst your bubble if i did.

[Celestial Wanderer]

Yeah, perhaps that could be the case. After all, in Europe., many women were burnt as witches by church authorities. I suppose the best way you can get back a woman you dislike back then, was to pretend that you had been bewitched by her and tell that to the person in authority. This is a convenient and cruel way to finish a person off. Also, all the " innocent" tests never prove anything. For one thing, no one can float in a river ,while tied to a stone. The peson who drowns is innocent and the peson who floats, is guilty and to be bunt! Either way, it is death for the peson.

Really saddening...

[Zidane]

OKay I just saw this thread and it looked interesting.Here we go,Celestial,if dragons did exist and did breath fire they would have,lets say evolution was real,evolved a protective coating in the mouth to protect from high temperatures.AlsoI don't think that a religious leader would tell a tale of a large fire breathing man eater,it would be to readily disproved,they went more for the things that went bump in the night for example witches,warlocks,demons etc.Anyways moving on,it's a very real possibility that dragons existed I mean we don't know what species were around way back when.Hell unicorns,and fairies could have existed.We haven't just started sending species to their extinction in the last 300 years or so.It's really up to personal perception until something's found to prove otherwise.thank you for listenign to me.

[OrcShaman]

Originally Posted by Zidane

.AlsoI don't think that a religious leader would tell a tale of a large fire breathing man eater,it would be to readily disproved,they went more for the things that went bump in the night for example witches,warlocks,demons etc.

Well, let's see... St. George and the dragon. And allthough i don't remember them being firebrethers: Tiamat, the babylonian Sirush , the Hydra (it was one of Ares' creatures)

Originally Posted by Zidane

Anyways moving on,it's a very real possibility that dragons existed I mean we don't know what species were around way back when.Hell unicorns,and fairies could have existed.We haven't just started sending species to their extinction in the last 300 years or so.It's really up to personal perception until something's found to prove otherwise.thank you for listenign to me.

Where are the proofs? Fosyles, skeletons, something

[Zidane]

I said make them up those are actual legends they'd been around for a while thus they are easier to beleive,you don't understand what I meant,and I never said there were proofs God damn read,I said until something comes up it's all speculation.

[Krae Sidian]

actually it was recently discovered that a "hobbit" form of man did exist many ages during the man evolution he evovled from homo-erectis (i think that was his name) and were wiped out due to the fact that the whole species stayed on one ialand and were either wiped out by a volcanoe or killed by modern humans

here is the site for the beetle
http://www.wcsscience.com/bombardier/beetle.html

as for dragons being real eh sure why not.

[aaron.j.cypher]

Seriously... fire breathing giant lizards that were smote down either by magic or an iron clad knight? Come now, they've been refered to as mythical beings for ages...
Same thing with Aliens, show me some proof and I'll believe you entirely. And, that has nothing to do with God, so anyone who wants to try and relate the two just stop now. God is your belief in faith and however one views God. Besides, that delves into religion, not myth.
Again, is there really any honest rebutle for a dragon being myth?

[Taylasha]

Check this out. It actually talks about dragons in the Bible. There is a whole place in Job where God talks about dragons. Or, at least that's what it sounds like. Pretty sweet, right?

[aaron.j.cypher]

Originally Posted by Taylasha

Check this out. It actually talks about dragons in the Bible. There is a whole place in Job where God talks about dragons. Or, at least that's what it sounds like. Pretty sweet, right?

HA! Ok, if so, then quote it... or just tell me that passage... I highly doubt that God referes to these dragons as being actual, factual creatures.

[Taylasha]

His snorting throws out flashes of light,
his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Firebrands strem from his mouth,
sparks of fire shoot out.
Smoke pours from his nostrils
as from a pot boiling over a fire of reeds.
His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from his mouth.
When he rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before his thrashing.
The sword that reaches him has no effect,
nor does the spear or dart or javelin.
Iron he treats like straw and
bronze like rotten wood.
Nothing on earth is his equal-
a creature without fear.
Job 41:19-21, 26-27, 33-34

Do dragons really exist? Not now................................BURP!.

[goblinfoundry]

Yes...they're called dinosaur fossils.

[aaron.j.cypher]

Originally Posted by Taylasha

His snorting throws out flashes of light,
his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Firebrands strem from his mouth,
sparks of fire shoot out.
Smoke pours from his nostrils
as from a pot boiling over a fire of reeds.
His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from his mouth.
When he rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before his thrashing.
The sword that reaches him has no effect,
nor does the spear or dart or javelin.
Iron he treats like straw and
bronze like rotten wood.
Nothing on earth is his equal-
a creature without fear.
Job 41:19-21, 26-27, 33-34

Alright, I shall go and look this up... even though I work at a church I somehow can't manage to find a bible... odd.
Before I research the passage, I highly doubt that this was refering to a dragon. Besides the fact that the bible uses many annalogies and stories to get it's message across... All these factors have to be taken into account before ready a passage like that.
That and the fact that this passage is most likely refering to the Devil or Satan, as it were.

Originally Posted by goblinfoundry

Yes...they're called dinosaur fossils.

I really hope you weren't being serious... lol, you are aware of the difference.