Dino Fossils Generate Overblown Claims (Temple of Darwin caught making stuff up again)

CEH ^ | June 18, 2009

[GodGunsGuts]

June 18, 2009 — A picture of colorfully-plumed dinosaurs graces an article on National Geographic, but were feathers found with the fossil? No; the article said, “Primitive feathers may have covered the dinosaur’s body, but there is no direct evidence for that, noted [James] Clark, whose work was funded in part by the National Geographic Society” (which also owns National Geographic News). The feathers are apparently completely imaginary. National Geographic has been caught doing this before...

[GodGunsGuts]

Ping!

[pepsionice]

Before the mid-90’s, I didn’t have a problem with Nat’l Geographic. By the late 90’s, they had growing problems...no accountability over bogus stories...and a lack of truthfulness. I finally gave up five years ago and canceled my subscription. I won’t even read it at the dental office.

I have problems with 14-year old kids reading it...and thinking it is actually factual.

[dirtboy]

feathers are apparently completely imaginary.

And the statues of a human female next to a dinosaur in the Creation Museum isn't? BWAHAHAHA!

[KevinDavis]

To them the Flintstones was a reality show..

[Sherman Logan]

The feathers are apparently completely imaginary. National Geographic has been caught doing this before...

This isn't completely fair. There is generally no evidence at all except bones for ancient animals. Whether they showed hide, scales or feathers, the outer covering displayed would be equally "imaginary." There is no less (or more" evidence for feathers than for anything else.

It's always bugged me that cavemen are always shown with massive hair and beards. For all we know, they shaved their entire bodies.

[Sarajevo]

Read the article you posted-

Primitive feathers may have covered the dinosaur’s body, but there is no direct evidence for that

It's conjecture. What may have been.

[GodGunsGuts]

I couldn’t agree more. I bought a subsription from my friends daughter for a school fundraiser. I couldn’t believe how tranparently left wing the articles are. Did you see the recent Nat’l Geog. article on Israel! Here’s a good summary of the article, right here:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=34949

Unbelievable!!!

[DocH]

Dino fossils?

Wish they'd start finding some RINO fossils (besides the LIVING RINO fossils, like McInsane).

[qam1]

Actually, by the logic of the author of this piece, Christianity is even more false because since no one knows what Christ looked like, all images of him are “completely imaginary” (Especially those Blonde/Blue eyed ones)

[Grow Fins]

Ahem:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/04/010427072701.htm

[Red_Devil 232]

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Oop-oop, oop, oop-oop)
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(Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)
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(Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)
Like great big lions and grizzly bearuhs
(Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)

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(Alley Oop) Wearin' clothes from a wildcat's hide
(Alley Oop) He's the king of the jungle jive
(Look at that cave man go!!) (SCREAM) (Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)
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(Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)
Knockin' great big monstahs dead on their knees
(Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)
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(Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop)
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(Alley Oop) Wearin' clothes from a wildcat's hide
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(Look at that cave man go!!) (SCREAM)

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Hi-yo dinosawruh

[Jaxter]

"To them the Flintstones was a reality show..

Wait a second, you mean you can't play a phonograph record with a pterodactyl?

[Little Pig]

Except that similar fossils have been found with feather impressions, so in this case, it is at least reasonable to assume a likelihood that this animal also had feathers.

There are a great many fossil finds that don’t make the news, simply because they aren’t as “sexy” as finds like “Sue” or “Big Al”. But there have been fossil finds of hide, feathers, digestive contents, and occasionally other soft tissues. The dinosaur-era picture is a lot more complete than most people are aware of.

[tumblindice]

Queen Umpa of Moo: observe how heavily cankled she is.
I think there may be some Hillary connection here, as well
as evidence for the Temple of Darwinists. (stroking beard)

http://www.pluslicens.se/index.php/site/syndication_rights_details/alley_oop_syndication/

[Rockitz]

I recently spent a month on Shanghai and a review of non-native sources of news and documentaries on cable there were interesting to note- CNN, BBC, NHK (a Japanese broadcaster), and National Geographic.

[baclava]

Proof!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[CharlesWayneCT]

But they are such pretty feathers.....

[CharlesWayneCT]

Our church opposes any images of Christ, including any films depicting him.

[Rebel_Ace]

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[Natufian]

Genius!

[mgstarr]

I take my hat off to you sir. Well done.

[count-your-change]

If rabbits can be pulled from hats why not feathers from the imaginations at NatGeo.?

[Buck W.]

Bravo!

[AndrewC]

Except that similar fossils have been found with feather impressions, so in this case, it is at least reasonable to assume a likelihood that this animal also had feathers

The term used is "protofeathers". The only fossils which have true feathers are those that are distinctly birds, the oldest such fossil is the archaeopteryx. One can assume anything one wants, but lacking proof makes such an assumption a fairy tale.

[ElectricStrawberry]

O....M.....G.....How on Earth did they know the feathers were blue?????

......and why was there not ONE Pterodactyl on Noah’s Ark?

[Buck W.]

“......and why was there not ONE Pterodactyl on Noah’s Ark?”

Ah, but there was! You see, Noah took two pterodactyl eggs, one boy and one girl, onto the ark with him. When they hatched on board, they went into immediate miraculous hibernation, just like the rest of the dinosaur passengers.

You didn’t know that?

[ElectricStrawberry]

Come on now....I've been reading Genesis a bunch lately and Noah could not have "gathered eggs." 6:20 says "Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive."

Unless these eggs flew or walked unto him, they cannot "come unto" him....so they have to be hatched pairs.

Unless.....some Pterodactyls built a nest in the Ark when he was building it.

[Buck W.]

...unless the two eggs rolled out their nest at the top of a mountain, with a miraculous strengthening of their reptilian shells to prevent breakage, of course, and ended their journey at the ark. I bet that’s it!

[ColdWater]

Amazing. The bible never mentions triceratops but the CM is loaded with the unmentioned! Just imagine what could have been if Adam had not eaten the apple!

May 31, 2007 | PETERSBURG, Ky -- The Creation Museum swung open its stegosaurus-guarded gates to the public Monday, and I have to say it's out of this world. For those of us raised in natural history Meccas like the American Museum in New York, the Smithsonian in Washington, or the Field in Chicago, the beautifully designed museum induces an eerie vertigo. All the familiar characters are here: T. rex, giant skeletons of triceratops and apatosaurus, a pterosaur spreading its wings above the crowd, live exhibits of birds, amphibians and reptiles, and the dripping, hooting and chirping soundtrack of the primeval forest. There are also a couple of unfamiliar faces, for a natural history museum, in the tan and finely muscled bodies of Adam and Eve.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/creation_museum/story.jpg

[ColdWater]

The CM even resurrects, what else, but the infamous

[Eddeche]

Hahaha. Awesome.

[DoctorMichael]

'Creation-Evolution Headlines'?