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'Totally Strange' Hurdia a Hurdle for Evolution
ICR ^ | September 9, 2009 | Brian Thomas, M.S.

Posted on 09/09/2009 10:05:48 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts

Cambrian rock layers contain fossils that represent almost every modern phylum of animal, plus many that are now extinct. One animal fossil in particular would win the weird prize, if there were one. Paleontologists have been piecing together this strange creature’s body parts, which look as though they were taken from an array of totally different sea animals. This variety of features eludes an evolutionary explanation.

The parts of this particular fossilized animal had previously been described separately and given different names, as though they belonged to different creatures. But a recent study revealed that all these parts came from just one “totally strange” sea creature...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: belongsinreligion; catastrophism; catholic; christian; creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; intelligentdesign; judaism; science
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

[[I’m still trying to figure out how they reconstructed an entire proto-human skeleton out of three knuckle bones from an extinct species of peccary.]]

They sniffed a LOT of glue before they attempted it?


21 posted on 09/09/2009 10:35:45 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: humblegunner
I've recently learned on thesee threads that the Earth is only about 6000 years old!

That's 6000 biblical years which can mean anything, depending on the circumstance.

22 posted on 09/09/2009 10:37:56 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62
That's 6000 biblical years which can mean anything, depending on the circumstance.

Oh.

That clears everything up.

23 posted on 09/09/2009 10:42:02 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: GodGunsGuts

per usual, the anticreation/ID folks have got nothign more than petty ‘Nuh Uh’s’ and ‘Christians creationists and ID folks stink’ Guess when they’ve run out of ammo- all they can manage is silly spitwads and insults- interesti ng article and find- would be nice to see the evos explain the cambrian explosion- but I guess all we’re goign to get fro mthem is ‘creationsits are liars’ and ‘creationists are psuedoscientists’ or at hte very best- all we’ll get ‘of course there’s no fossils before hte cambrian explosion- conditions probably weren’t right to preserve them’ lol


24 posted on 09/09/2009 10:46:17 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: GodGunsGuts
Brian Thomas M.S.* needs to familiarize himself with the relevant literature before putting pen to paper. Start with this one, The Burgess Shale Anomalocaridid Hurdia and Its Significance for Early Euarthropod Evolution http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/323/5921/1597.

And as far as the platypus is concerned, he could sneak a peek at Platypus Genome Reveals Secrets of Mammal Evolution http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080507-platypus.html. See? Science isn't so hard when you pull your head out.

25 posted on 09/09/2009 10:46:38 AM PDT by stormer
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To: GodGunsGuts

Yes- be sure to head on over to National Geographic for all your evolution indoctrination lol- they’ve got ‘the truth’ dontchaknow


26 posted on 09/09/2009 10:53:40 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: stormer

That would require honesty, a commodity that YECs sorely lack.


27 posted on 09/09/2009 10:54:33 AM PDT by Buck W. (The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
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To: CottShop

It’s always the same. For the most part it doesn’t even bother me anymore. I go on the offense by posting ever more articles and papers exposing Darwin’s unscientific creation myth, and the Temple of Darwin weeps, snarls, and gnashes its teeth because they can’t control it (like they have grown accustomed to doing in our public schools, universities, the MSM, etc).


28 posted on 09/09/2009 10:55:33 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: CottShop
Did you see their recent antisemitic/pro-terrorist article on Israel? Pathetic! My Dad got me a National Geographic subscription almost a year ago. I told him that while appreciate the sentiment, never ever subscribe me to that filthy rag ever again.
29 posted on 09/09/2009 11:00:36 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: stormer

Mr. Thomas has a long history of drawing the least likely conclusion from the most likely sources.


30 posted on 09/09/2009 11:03:10 AM PDT by FormerRep
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To: GodGunsGuts

Yep we cancelled our subscription many years ago when they became a politcal tool of hte left- I guess they always were- but they’ve really started pouring it on, and have proven they wouldn’t recognize a scientific fact if it bit htem in their monkey butts


31 posted on 09/09/2009 11:04:36 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: stormer

(continued) As once again he uses himself as a source in his citations.

Thomas, B. Why Can Moss Process Human Genes? ICR News. Posted on icr.org June 16, 2009, accessed August 24, 2009.


32 posted on 09/09/2009 11:04:40 AM PDT by FormerRep
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To: GodGunsGuts

[[and the Temple of Darwin weeps, snarls, and gnashes its teeth]]

bingo- as they’re proving quite nicely already in htis thread


33 posted on 09/09/2009 11:07:31 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Moonman62

Are those like “dog years”?


34 posted on 09/09/2009 11:11:29 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: GodGunsGuts

Bush’s fault. Always was, always will be.


35 posted on 09/09/2009 11:12:47 AM PDT by Clioman
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To: CottShop

See?

Just as with your inability to interpret evidence, you’ve also misinterpreted our LAUGHTER.


36 posted on 09/09/2009 11:18:29 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: GodGunsGuts
Wow....2 pieces of Brian Thomas *MS tripe in one day....sucha glorious day it must be...

Paleontologists have been piecing together this strange creature’s body parts, which look as though they were taken from an array of totally different sea animals.

So an animal had seemingly similar features from other sea creatures. OMG, such a discovery!!

This variety of features eludes an evolutionary explanation.

Actually, it eludes nothing, dear Brian....you just need to claim it so for your worshipers to bite onto.

The parts of this particular fossilized animal had previously been described separately and given different names, as though they belonged to different creatures

AND??? Taxonomy has never been perfect, ESPECIALLY when dealing with squashed fossils.

And some of those taxa, or kinds,

Whoa...whoa...whoa...last article had SPECIES as "kind"....now it's just generic "taxa." What IS the definition of "kind", Brian?

Its initial discoverer thought that “the mouth parts were a jellyfish, the front legs were shrimp, the main body a sea cucumber, and a tear-drop shaped shell, another animal.”

It's initial discoverer....IN WHAT YEAR? Be honest, Brian....1909. LOTS of weird things have been discovered since. This is what happens when trying to interpret a 3 dinemsional creature form a 2 dinemsional fossil in the scientific stone ages, Brian.

But it makes sense as a created animal with mosaic features, which are shared among otherwise disparate organisms.

Ya don't say.....exactly HOW would it make sense as a "created" animal, Brian?

None of its features are transitional, but are instead found fully-formed in other creatures today that have no relationship to one another in any evolutionary scenario.

THIS is how it "makes sense"????? What you're saying, dear Brian, is that Walcott stumbled upon a graveyard of Gods Mr. Potatoe Head throw aways?

Ah yes....the goold ole platypus. Are you going to forget that there ARE ancestors of the platypus, Brian? Suuuuuure you are. Is this ignorance or an outright lie? Steropodon, Teinolophos, Obdurodon...

Let's see:

Use of the word "kind"....check.

Use of the word "design"...check.

All that's needed now is a false conclusion...........check.

37 posted on 09/09/2009 11:26:21 AM PDT by ElectricStrawberry (Didja know that Man walked with vegetarian T. rex within the last 4,351 years?)
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To: ElectricStrawberry

I’m getting the notion that the kids who failed in grade school sciences like biology and chemistry have finally found a home.


38 posted on 09/09/2009 11:28:30 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: ElectricStrawberry

There is more logic and common sense in your deconstruction of this tripe than in all of the pseudoscience that the OP has posted for our amusement.


39 posted on 09/09/2009 11:33:00 AM PDT by Buck W. (The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
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To: ElectricStrawberry

Dewey: “Hey, Orel. What answer did you get for question number three on the science test?”

Orel: “Jesus.”


40 posted on 09/09/2009 11:33:20 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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