""since it had both feathers and a bird-like wishbone, along with classic reptilian features of a long bony tail, claws and teeth.""
....because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: -II Thess.2:1
So you truly believe that fossil evidence is a "strong delusion"? Well that's one way of dealing with messy little facts you don't want to acknowledge. Just write it off as a delusion.
I believe that same passage was used to "disprove" Galileo in the Middle Ages.
Some things never change.
....because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: -II Thess.2:1
Interesting, but logically that passage uses the same circular logic as this hypothetical one:
The Purple Spaghetti monster created the earth and all it's inhabitants. There will people who do not accept this truth. For this reason the Purple Spaghetti monster shall cause those people to create alternate theories in order that they have a lie to believe in. - I Contem. 12:2
Are you seriously claiming that fossils are a lie made by God to deceive us?! What god do you worship anyhow, Loki?