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To: Right Wing Professor
My most humble apologies for the delay... I have much more important things to spend my time on. I appreciate the fact that you have provided some simple species to look at. As for Archaeopteryx, using your favorite website for misinformation, the ancestors of Archaeopteryx are the Ornithopoda, the Pseudosuchia and the Sphenosuchidae. Could you please tell me which one you believe to be the father of Archaeopteryx and point out the list (as long as it may be) of changes required to bring about Archaeopteryx? According to a recent news release from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the whole "dinosar-to-bird" theory is full of holes...
The theory that birds are the equivalent of living dinosaurs and that dinosaurs were feathered is so full of holes that the creationists have jumped all over it, using the evolutionary nonsense of ‘dinosaurian science’ as evidence against the theory of evolution," he said. "To paraphrase one such individual, ‘This isn’t science . . . This is comic relief.’
As for Rodhocetus, that was easy, once again relying on your favorite source, we have this statement relating to Rodhocetus:
There are still no known species-species transitions
So it appears we have nothing BUT speculation and presupposition to base this species on. That was way to easy... Although I was absent for a while, I managed to do this in about 10 minutes of "research". If these are your best examples, I would consider changing religions. Have a great day!
231 posted on 10/20/2005 12:07:55 PM PDT by Sopater (Creatio Ex Nihilo)
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To: Sopater
As for Archaeopteryx, using your favorite website for misinformation, the ancestors of Archaeopteryx are the Ornithopoda, the Pseudosuchia and the Sphenosuchidae. Could you please tell me which one you believe to be the father of Archaeopteryx and point out the list (as long as it may be) of changes required to bring about Archaeopteryx?

Way to move the goalposts. The issue we were discussing was the existence of transitional species. Archaeopteryx is a transitional species because it shows anatomy intermediate between those of birds and reptiles and dates to a time consistent with being an ancestor or closely related to an ancestor of birds. You promised to show how this evidence is based on 'speculation and presupposition.' Now, without following through on your original boast, you're demanding in addition a detailed evolutionary lineage. In other words, from demanding an example of a transitional species, you're demanding now that I demonstrate every single transitional species .

Surely you didn't think you were going to sneak this past me?

As for Rodhocetus, that was easy, once again relying on your favorite source, we have this statement relating to Rodhocetus: There are still no known species-species transitions

That wasn't your claim. Your claim was that there are no transitional species. Now you demand I produce every transitional species.

Like Diogenes, I still wander the world, still looking for an intellectually honest creationist.

232 posted on 10/20/2005 12:31:56 PM PDT by Right Wing Professor
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