Let's visit the Falcon residence for a dinner-time discussion, shall we?
MF: Mom, why is there such a large variety of animals?
Mom: Because Jehovah wanted us to enjoy all the different species.
MF: But why was there such a vast and diverse variety of dinosaurs if they were never meant to co-exist with humans?
Mom: Well, I believe that God put dinosaurs here to fertilize the earth.
MF: What? I'm not questioning WHY they were here, I asked why is there such a large variety if they were long before people in the Bible?
Dad: (to Mom) Let me answer this.... I think the dinosaurs were here to serve as a supply of fossil fuel for us later....
MF: Dad, like I said before, the question ISN'T about what purpose the dinosaurs existed for, but WHY was there such a variety if they weren't meant for man to "enjoy"?
Mom: (uncomfortably) Well.... we'll just have to ask Jehovah in the New System.
p.s. I'm touched by the outpouring of concern as to where I disappeared to. For shame. There's going to be a lot of coal this Christmas.