[Modernman]

A rat is only a rat. Except in evolutionary terms, where they can become cats.

A rat becoming a cat would contradict the TOE.

[MacDorcha]

OK, let me get this straight: A rat (or it's ancestors) diverging, and becoming a class of felines, and a class of rodents... contridicts TOE?

So, how would you say that two carnivor mammals do not share the same lineage? And that mammals did not start out small, and "rat-sized"?

(do keep in mind, this thread is read by othersthan us. This is why people use "Laymen's Terms")