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To: VaeVictis
VaeVictis: "There is no verifiable proof that a phytosaur ever became something else."

Geological & fossil records show many species coming and going over many millions of years -- species preceded by similar but more primitive forms, followed by similar but more complex forms.
Theory says: that's evolution in action, and there's no other natural explanation which makes any sense.
Of course, you may reject the natural explanation in favor of a Bible-based explanation, and that's fine, so long as you don't call your religious beliefs "science".

VaeVictis: "But hey, it certainly is enough evidence for many people in the world to believe.
I just don’t have that kind of faith to believe in evolution. "

As I've pointed out before, there is no "belief" or "faith" in science, since science is just a model.
The analogy I like is the USS Constitution ship model.

Isn't that a beautiful model?
You could even measure and verify it's details are to scale.
But, regardless of how beautiful or accurate a model is, it's still just a model, never the real thing, and always subject to modifications & improvements when certain elements prove inaccurate.
Nobody "believes" in a model or has "faith" in it, because it's just a model. And so with science -- perhaps beautiful and somewhat accurate, but still just a model, never a matter of "belief" or "faith".

60 posted on 01/31/2017 3:00:34 PM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK
Again you miss the point. "Geological & fossil records show many species coming and going over many millions of years..." That is your perception of what the data shows. There was a time when everyone thought that the sun revolved around the earth.

"so long as you don't call your religious beliefs "science"." And wow man, by who's authority do you issue that command from? lol. Anyways, your fight is not with me but that of denying God. You'll figure it out one day.

68 posted on 02/01/2017 7:26:58 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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