No it was not. Please provide the specific quote that wbmstr24 "mined."
wbmstr24’s sentence, “we all have heard feduccia, even he knows it was a bird, and never was anything other than a bird....” is a reference, most likely originating in a creationist quote mine of what Feduccia actually said. If you want a debating point because wbmstr24 didn’t actually provide the out-of-context quote him/her/itself, you may have it: it wasn’t a quote, it was a rephrasing of someone else's distortion, misrepresentation, or misunderstanding. Take you pick.
Gumlegs: Junior then answered your other questions in post 132
No he did not. I asked what year the quote Ichy provided was written and if it was written prior to Feduccia claiming Archy was "...a bird, a perching bird"
If that’s what you meant, you should have made it clear in the original post. (The first edition of the book Ichy quoted was 1996, and the second was published in 1999. I'm not sure which edition Ichy used). Anyway, if you’re so convinced that Feduccia has it correct (a distinct possibility, btw), then you must agree with this statement, from the same press release you found so compelling in your post 144:
"We all agree that birds and dinosaurs had some reptilian ancestors in common," said Feduccia, professor of biology in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. "But to say dinosaurs were the ancestors of the modern birds we see flying around outside today because we would like them to be is a big mistake. [Bolding mine].
It's clear from of his writing of any vintage that Feduccia is debating details of exactly how evolution progressed, not whether it happened.
Keep quoting Feduccia. It's very amusing.
Thanks for your reply (without the insults). I'm glad someone understood what I was getting at. Wbmstr24 made a statement; it was not a "mined" quote.