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To: VadeRetro
"You have no evidence that the platypus's adaptations were a sudden big change, whenever they happened. All you have in that particular case is a scarcity of evidence for whatever it was that did happen."

I have a platipus. That is evidence. From that evidence, I stated that the platipus appears to support the prediction of Intelligent Design for the occassional big new design introduction.

On the other hand, you have a scarcity of evidence. It is you who needs to come up with fossils that show a gradual evolution into the platipus. Your lack of evidence for your theory is your problem, not mine.

Also, you still haven't retracted your ten claims in Post #352. Am I to conclude that you can neither substantiate those claims nor muster the intellectual honesty to retract them, or do you just need more time?

374 posted on 03/05/2002 10:46:09 AM PST by Southack
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To: Southack
I have a platipus. That is evidence. From that evidence, I stated that the platipus appears to support the prediction of Intelligent Design for the occassional big new design introduction.

I have examined your platypus claims in detail in post 337. The platypus fits on the tree of life just fine. Note that there could be creatures found that tend to invalidate the hypothesis that there is a tree structure to life at all, which would be great for the design hypothesis, but it's getting very late for that. It ain't gonna happen.

The platypus is basically a modern transitional from reptiles to mammals. It has a sketchy but long fossil history. Where in this history are you even claiming these sudden appearances happened? You have no data and no clue. You're just hiding in the data gaps, like Duane Gish. (Except he's still hiding in gaps that no longer exist.)

There's no more to your game than that.

379 posted on 03/05/2002 10:54:01 AM PST by VadeRetro
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