Posted on 10/21/2009 9:36:09 PM PDT by bogusname
Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans.
Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a close relative. And now a new analysis supports their reaction...
(Excerpt) Read more at dsc.discovery.com ...
lol cool
LOL...Yeah, they’ll dig up some other dead monkey at about the time their grant money starts running out.
It seems like you can hardly toss a stone anymore without hitting a “missing link” and yet it is still missing!
I don’t know why people who subscribe to this stuff bother to waste so much of their time on a “missing link” - it is not like they needed a “missing link” to begin with.
I was merely pointing out that if you want to “just accept” the book of Genesis, you still have to interpret it. And even from a “literalist” point of view, there are multiple ways the book can be interpreted.
From what I’ve read, “yohm” (taken “literally”) can mean a twelve hour period of time, a twenty-four hour period of time, or a long, indefinite period of time.
Aside from that, it’s also generally not possible to correctly understand the meaning of the Bible unless you understand the context in which a passage was written and then ask the question of what it means in your context. This is one of the most fundamental and widely-accepted principles of understanding the Bible.
Now, what kind words were you saying about my faith?
Look no further. The “missing link” is in the white house.
I think it all has to do with the fact that they would feel alot safer in their denial of Genesis if they could just find some substantial proof.
LOL, I know you meant Barack but my thoughts went straight to Michelle.
As a Roman Catholic I am taught that even if there is a missing link that does not prove there is no God. So that to me seems pretty open minded.
Yet the evolution people *must* find a missing link and never give a moment to any alternative.
I guess looking for their missing link keeps them plenty busy and we should be thankful for that - lol!
LOL, yes for that we should be thankful.
Sorry I missed your reply. I had made so many comments in different places that yours was so far down on my ping list that I missed it. I see what you’re saying John. I’ve been hit with the “which interpretation” so many times by evolutionists that I went into autopilot mode and snapped back a response without much thought. My Bad. I apologize.
The belief in evolution is as set in as they are currently trying for the belief in global warming to be. Same mechanisms. Whatever cover ups, frauds and lies that are necessary, the educational system will try to make sure that they happen. As long as they do it consistently, pervasively and long enough it becomes entrenched and must be true, right?
You’re a better person than many.
Jorn Hurum of the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway, an author of the Ida paper, said he welcomed the new analysis.
Darwinius is an example of a group of primates called adapoids, and "we are happy to start the scientific discussion" about what Ida means for where adapoids fit on the primate family tree....
Thought you might be interested in this.
I will ping it to the list later this evening...I have already reached my max. for this morning. Thanks for the heads up!
Oh my, a scientific hypothesis did not stand up to peer review!
The evidence did not support the hypothesis so it was falsified, Folks this is how science works
Interesting. I hadn’t been aware of that translation.
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