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Pardon me if some of you are trying to say somthing different, or I'm reading posts wrong, (or it may be that I didn't read that last half of the first page) but it sounds like a lot of you have been reading way too many fantacy stories, and are believing in dragons that are either magical, or just as intelegent as humans. I believe in dragons alright, but dragons just like any other animal, just very, very powerful. I have very good reasons for believing in dragons, so let me explain.
First of all, let me make it clear that I both believe in God and evolution. I have a big, huge, loooooong theory explaining how God is real, and how he could use evolution, but don't ask, cause I really, really, don't feel like typing a thousand word essay for you. Trust me, a thousand words would be summarizing it. Plus, I might get my butt kicked off this board. But anyways, my point is, I believe in both God and evolution. Just wanted to clear that up so that people couldn't say that they didn't believe what I'm about to say because they believe in God. So, here we go...
Scientist believe that birds evolved from reptiles. They have very similar structures to birds, and guess what? Birds even have scales on their feet; how do you like that? So anyways, reptiles evolved into birds. However, they don't know the exact process. There was a picture of a what's-it-called-that-starts-with-an-'a' in my biology book, (and that you may have heard of before) that is pretty much a mixture of a reptile and a bird. Reptiles have claw like hands, and in birds, the arms in their wings just come to a point. In this birdish thing, it has long streached out fingers/claws that are too long and squished together to do anything. Also, reptiles, of course, have bones in their tail. Birds just have feathers sticking out of their butt. This bird, has a bony tail, just like reptiles, but it does indead have wings, and feathers on it's tail. The problem is, they don't know how exactly, or what's between in the process, of reptiles turning into birds. Ding ding ding! Congradulations, you have just found a big wide opening for dragons! In the structure of the wings of dragons, they have elongated fingers like the bird/reptile thing mentioned above, but they're not squished together like that. So maybe they just did that over time. But there's your wide open space.
Now for the extremely weird coincedence (pardon if I spell wrong) factor. In pretty much all the countries of the world, there are stories of dragons. From the Far East, to Europe, to the Americas. And in the Americas, the stories were even of feathered serpents.
And now for those of you still don't believe in evolution. Nothing against you, perfectly fine with me. Now I understand for those of you who don't believe the bible, this wouldn't help you believe at all if you already didn't. Fine with me as well. But the bible talks about dragons too. It's the whole chapter of Job 41 if you want to look it up and read the whole thing, but here's the best part:
"I will not fail to speak of his limbs,
his strength and his graceful form.
Who can strip off his outer coat?
Who would approach him with a bridle?
Who dares open the doors of his mouth,
ringed about with his fearsome teeth?
His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
each is so close to the next that no air can pass beween.
They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
His snorting throws out flashes of ight;
his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Firebrands stream from his mouth;
sparks of fire shoo out.
Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from his mouth.
Strength resides in his neck;
dismay goes before him..."
"The sword that reaches him has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
Iron he treats like straw
and bronze like rotten wood.
Arrows do not make him flee;
slingstones are like chaff to him.
A club seems to him but a piece of straw;
he laughts at the rattling of the lance."
Job 41, NIV
"His back has rows of sheilds"? I don't know about you, but that sounds like scales to me. "flames dart from his mouth"? That's pretty straight forward. And the rest about neither sword nor spear, arrow or lance having any effect? ANY dragon lover could tell you that dragon scales are the best protective armor possible! Altogether, we have a very powerful, scale covered fire breathing creature. Sounding sorta familliar? Yay!
By the way, I'm new here, so hi!! This is my first post here.
_________________ "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." - Galadriel Lord of the Rings
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So, you say dragons are intelectual. I personally disagree, but if you have any reasons why you think so, I'm listening. My reasons for disagreeing, I believe God made us different from all other animals. Of course other animals are smart, but we, I believe, are the only creatures out there that are as you would say, "intelectual". Alrighty, there you go. However, we may have the religion factor with some; may not believe all I do, but these are just my thoughts. 