Posted on 10/28/2009 9:18:17 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Love your graphic!
IMHO, it’s a sad shame that so many people think that it is necessary to believe in Creationism in order to believe in God. Karen Armstrong’s new book, “The Case for God,” shows how both belief in God and belief in science can coexist in the same brain with no cognitive dissonance!
Unfortunately, she provides no video version illustrated with glib, pseudoscientific misconceptions about props like bananas. She’d do far better financially if she did.
Thanks for the ping!
No, but the geological history of the region is well established.
“were composed of the same plant families that now thrive in rainforests.” Even more remarkable, supposedly ancient fossil leaves—some of them very well preserved—were identifiable “down to the genus level.”
WOW....right down to the "genus level"...and that means something to an uneducated fool like you, Brian? Somehow, in your world, it is surprising that 58 million years ago there were plants in the same genera as today? OMG BIG SHOCKER!!
In addition to the plants, the fossilized animals seemed quite similar to their modern counterparts.
Wow..."quite similar" and "clearly related"....OMG, there was something that was LIKE snakes of today.
However, the claim that these fossils are 58 million years old may be difficult to support.
Actually, I bet they have a great SCIENTIFIC reason to ascribe that age.....with support too.
Given all that time, why has no evolutionary change occurred in the plants or animals described
There HAS been. Denying it is soooo typical of you lyin' Brian Thomas MS.*
But the existence of the same flora and fauna then as today shows that evolution did not occur at all.
That is a lie, Brian....OK, maybe you don't know it's untrue and still say it. This is an untruth, Brian.
The remarkable similarities are also consistent with a much younger date for the fossils.
False statement, Brian.
Rather than an inexplicable example of creatures that remained evolutionarily dormant for “millions of years,” the best fit for the evidence is their recent creation as distinct plant and animal kinds.
False conclusion, Brian Thomas MS*
Some interesting stuff in the primary source, though.
The fossils are from the Paleocene epoch, which occurred in the 5- to 7-million-year period following the massive extinction event responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs.
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