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Posted on 12/08/2014 5:02:16 AM PST by fishtank
Ghost Lineage Spawns Evolution Ghost Story
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Fossils seem to tell amazing stories about ancient animal life, but close inspection reveals that these stories differ from each other not because of different fossils, but because of different interpretations. Do the remarkable circumstances surrounding a newly discovered fossil arthropod tell two stories or just one?
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Yeah because no one ever had more than one interpretation of the bible. Sheeesh!
References
(1) Jones, W.T. et al. 2014. The first Paleozoic stenopodidean from the Huntley Mountain Formation (Devonian-Carboniferous) north-central Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology. 88(6): 1251-1256.
(2) While this age-dating method seems reasonable on the surface, this new fossil highlights why it presents an irony at best and a completely fallacious procedure at worst. The procedure falls under the term “biostratigraphy,” and first assumes that a certain animal lived and died within a specific time range often millions of years ago. It then assumes that every occurrence of that animal’s fossil marks that same moment in ancient time. But if that animal lived long before or long after its supposed time range—even though known fossils don’t yet show it—then it should not be used for dating. Similarly, until this find, a Stenopodidea fossil might have identified Cretaceous strata, but since these researchers describe Stenopodidea from a Devonian source, and since they still live today, they should not be used to identify time in rocks.
(3) Sherwin, F. 2010. The Strange Metaphysical World of Evolution. Acts & Facts. 39 (12): 16.
(4) As though to confirm the lack of an evolutionary history for these creatures, and thus unwittingly corroborate the concept that they were instead created, the Atlas of Crustacean Larvae recently wrote, “Stenopodideans have long been a source of interest and curiosity among decapod workers, as their relationship to other decapods is unclear,” partly because their larvae develop into adults in unique ways. Goy, J.W. 2014. “Stenopodidea.” In Martin, J.W., J. Olesen, and J.T. Hoeg, Eds. Atlas of Crustacean Larvae. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 245.
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* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on December 4, 2014.
The outright contempt of the GOPe for the Biblical worldview, and the cowardice of far too many Republican politicians to openly espouse the Biblical worldview is unfortunate.
what is “Biblical world view”
It is how a person interprets the world in the light of divine Revelation.
Our thought life should be in line with what God says, not:
(1) our own uninformed opinions, or,
(2) unevaluated opinions from those around us.
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