[SirLinksalot]

Key paragraph for your focus :

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Meanwhile, Schweitzer’s research has been hijacked by “young earth” creationists, who insist that dinosaur soft tissue couldn’t possibly survive millions of years. They claim her discoveries support their belief, based on their interpretation of Genesis, that the earth is only a few thousand years old. Of course, it’s not unusual for a paleontologist to differ with creationists. But when creationists misrepresent Schweitzer’s data, she takes it personally: she describes herself as “a complete and total Christian.” On a shelf in her office is a plaque bearing an Old Testament verse: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

[Son Of The Godfather]

>>>dinosaur soft tissue couldn’t possibly survive millions of years.

Then explain how there is a Helen Thomas.

[sr4402]

Soft Tissues can't exist in fossils over a million years old, they should all be completely turned to rock over that period of time.

How is this explained? Is her research suspect?

[sine_nomine]

Missing headline:

What About Bob?

[FourtySeven]

Another key paragraph:

This drives Schweitzer crazy. Geologists have established that the Hell Creek Formation, where B. rex was found, is 68 million years old, and so are the bones buried in it. She’s horrified that some Christians accuse her of hiding the true meaning of her data. “They treat you really bad,” she says. “They twist your words and they manipulate your data.” For her, science and religion represent two different ways of looking at the world; invoking the hand of God to explain natural phenomena breaks the rules of science. After all, she says, what God asks is faith, not evidence. “If you have all this evidence and proof positive that God exists, you don’t need faith. I think he kind of designed it so that we’d never be able to prove his existence. And I think that’s really cool.”

Also a key quote in that paragraph.

I think a lot of YECers and IDers around here and elsewhere who seem to want to cram science and religion together into some bizarre amalgam could take a lesson from that.

[Old_Mil]

Meanwhile, Schweitzer’s research has been hijacked by “young earth” creationists, who insist that dinosaur soft tissue couldn’t possibly survive millions of years. They claim her discoveries support their belief, based on their interpretation of Genesis, that the earth is only a few thousand years old.

In other words, let's set aside the obvious conclusion drawn from the empirical data because we're slaves to old-earth evolution and all data must be fit into our hypothesis of origin. If it does not, it must imply that dinosaurs had magic blood vessels.

[Alouette]

[manwiththehands]

She can't explain how soft tissue can survive millions of years. This would make more sense if the "young earth" creationist types are correct.

[editor-surveyor]

It sure took long enough for them to write this cover-up piece. But they neglected the real 'meat' of the story. Most of the meat was outside of the bone, not inside.

No matter, truth is of no use to an evolutionist, and they even reinvent God himself around their evil belief system.

[Al Simmons]

New article on similarities between unborn human fetus' feet and fossil reptile & fish feet.

Link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635647/posts?page=9#9