Darth Id said:

I ruminate on this frequently--not with respect to a "god's" unlikely role, but just about the dinosaurs. How absolutely absurd is it that so many millions of years passed with nothing on Earth but witless giant monsters savaging each other? It trips me out to no end.

Ah, yes -- take the Hollywood depiction of dinosaurs at face value and apply it to real life dinosaurs.

Here's a news flash -- prehistoric animals were no more violent and savage than animals living today.