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To: ml1954

"If you really have an open mind, you could and would provide what I am reasonably requesting."

Then my request of where are the "transitional" fossil remains of those creatures between what has been found to date is not a sufficient answer to what I'm asking for?

Think. What are the reported time periods between what scientists have uncovered to date? If these fossil remains are, according to common decent" linked by evolution to each other, then would you not reasonably predict that there would be fossilized remains between each of those found in the fossil record in light of the fact that the evolutionary changes are small over any given period of time?

Think. The differences in the present fossilized remains on record are huge. There must be fossilized remains which are closer and closer approximations going out from the oldest to the most modern which would show the evolution from one to the other. It is the fact that between the current fossilized remains exist no other fossilized remains, despite the expansive time between each, which puzzles me. It is this question to which I seek answers.


553 posted on 09/28/2006 2:14:33 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of an American Soldier)
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To: SoldierDad
"There must be fossilized remains which are closer and closer approximations going out from the oldest to the most modern which would show the evolution from one to the other. It is the fact that between the current fossilized remains exist no other fossilized remains, despite the expansive time between each, which puzzles me. It is this question to which I seek answers."

Unfortunately, geologic realities sour your supposition. 'The Fossil Record' is not a library like The Library of Congress; its more like digging through the ruins of Pompey. The record is fragmentary, partly because only a tiny, tiny, tiny, percent of animals/plants are EVER fosilized, then you have erosion through the eons destroying much of the record, and, finally, most of the record is inaccessible because it is buried deep underground, under the sea, or inside mountains.

However, even given the paucity of available remains, evidence of evolution is irrefutable - ever seen the fossils showing the evolution of the horse - from a small mammal with 5 toes to the horse we see today?

If you won't believe THAT evidence then (to use a paraphrase), you wouldn't believe if one rose from the dead....

556 posted on 09/28/2006 2:21:13 PM PDT by Al Simmons (Evolution and Creationism are unrelated branches of different disciplines and are not contradictory.)
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To: SoldierDad
So I take it you are now admitting you cannot define the 'missing link' which you previously stated would convince you. You've now modified your evidence requirements from a 'missing link' to many missing links. I'll assume you are not moving the goalposts intentionally and just didn't elaborate previously.

So how many 'missing links' are missing, in your view? I assume you realize that every fossil found that fits into a 'gap' in the fossil record between two previously discovered fossils creates two new gaps. So the more fossils found that fit into gaps between previously discovered fossils the more gaps (missing links) are created. At some point, reasonable people conclude that there is a connection and progression between the data points, especially when that connection is supported by other independent lines of evidence.

So I'm back to my original question to you. What would it take to convince you? You do not seem to be able to state what evidence you require.
559 posted on 09/28/2006 2:36:06 PM PDT by ml1954 (ID = Case closed....no further inquiry allowed...now move along.)
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