In article
<
717a1eea-143f-4811...@t2g2000pbg.googlegroups.com>, harry
k <
turnk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Apr 2, 1:14=3DA0pm,
Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> > > > In article <
XnsA0294C82366DBnomailcomcast...@216.196.121.131>, Mitche=
> > > > > >> > <
dfritzin-D22DDB.06524901042...@news.eternal-september.org>, D=
> > > > > >> >> =
3DA0Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> >
> > > > > >> >> > In article <
XnsA02764C453BBnomailcomcast...@216.196.121.131=
> > > > > >> >> > >news:Jason-30031...@66-53-209-217.lsan.mdsg-pacwes=
>
t.co=3D
> > > > > >> >> > > >>news:Jason-30031...@67-150-168-12.lsan.mdsg-pac=
> west=3D
> > > .
> > > > > >> >> > > >> com
> > > > > >> >> > > >> :
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> > Creation and evolution fit well together. Creatio=
> n
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> > explains how life came to be on this planet and
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> > evolution explains what happened after the creati=
> on
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> > process was finished. As various posters have tol=
> d
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> > me--abiogenesis is not part of evolution theory.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> So you accept that humans are closely related to th=
> e
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> other apes, like the evidence shows? You accept tha=
> t
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> mammals evolved from reptiles, birds from dinosaurs=
> ,
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> whales from land-dwelling animals, etc? Or, are you
> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> lying again?
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > Great question. Humans and apes are related since th=
> e
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > same God created both humans and apes and as a resul=
> t
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > used similar features in both of them.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > Evolution related to reptiles, animals and birds has
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > taken place. However, I do believe that God did crea=
> te
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > about a dozen types of birds and all birds evolved f=
> rom
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > those birds. Did some birds evolve from unique types=
> of
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > dinosaurs? I don't know. I believe that God created
> > > > > >> >> > > >> > whales. They did not evolve from land-dwelling anima=
> ls.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > >> =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 So how do you explain all the transi=
> tional
> > > > > >> >> > > >> land-mammal-to-whale species in the fossil record?
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > >>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > > I don't believe that information. I have faith that the
> > > > > >> >> > > > scientists will eventually figure out that God created
> > > > > >> >> > > > whales.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > =3DA0 =3DA0 Are you denying the very existence of transit=
> ional
> > > > > >> >> > > whale forms Pakicetus,Indohyus, Ambulocetus, Rodhocetus,
> > > > > >> >> > > Basilosaurus, Remingtoncetidae, etc?
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > =3DA0 =3DA0
http://www.squidoo.com/whale-evolution
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > =3DA0 =3DA0 Either those creatures never existed and thei=
> r
> > > > > >> >> > > fossils are not really in museums all over the world,
> > > > > >> >> > > or they did exist and do establish the evolution of
> > > > > >> >> > > whales.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > > =3DA0 =3DA0 Which is it, do you think?
> >
> > > > > >> >> > God created life on this planet. Any creatures now on the e=
> arth
> > > > > >> >> > evolved from those creatures.
> >
> > > > > >> >> Evidence? Biblical doesn't count, since you are *trying* to s=
> peak
> > > > > >> >> of scientific matters.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > Canines and felines have been on the earth thousands of yea=
> rs. =3D
> > > I
> > > > > >> >> > have not seen any evidence to indicate that any canines or
> > > > > >> >> > felines have evolved into creatures that are not canines or
> > > > > >> >> > felines.
> >
> > > > > >> >> Please don't try to talk about evolution when you clearly don=
> 't
> > > > > >> >> have any idea of what you are talking about. Of course, that
> > > > > >> >> hasn't stopped you from talking about anything else that you =
> know
> > > > > >> >> nothing about. However, remember that sometimes, it is better=
> to
> > > > > >> >> be quiet and be thought to be a fool than to talk and leave n=
> o
> > > > > >> >> doubt. The latter is you.
> >
> > > > > >> >> > That means to me that whales evolved from the whales that G=
> od
> > > > > >> >> > created. They did not evolve from a creature that once live=
> d on
> > > > > >> >> > the land.
> >
> > > > > >> >> Too bad all the evidence disagrees with you, isn't it? I gues=
> s
> > > > > >> >> that means that if you are right, you are worshipping a trick=
> ster
> > > > > >> >> god, whose aim is to fool us.
> >
> > > > > >> > What is the name of that land animal that whales evolved from?=
> Rea=3D
> > > d
> > > > > >> > the information that is below before responding:
> >
> > > > > >> > "Mesonychids possess unusual triangular molar teeth that are
> > > > > >> > similar to those of Cetacea (whales and dolphins), especially =
> thos=3D
> > > e
> > > > > >> > of the archaeocetids, as well as having similar skull anatomie=
> s an=3D
> > > d
> > > > > >> > other morphologic traits. For this reason, scientists had long
> > > > > >> > believed that mesonychids were the direct ancestor of Cetacea,=
> but
> > > > > >> > the discovery of well preserved hind limbs of archaic cetacean=
> s as
> > > > > >> > well as more recent phylogenetic analyses[3][4][5] now indicat=
> es
> > > > > >> > that cetaceans are more closely related to hippopotamids and o=
> ther
> > > > > >> > artiodactyls than they are to mesonychids, and this result is
> > > > > >> > consistent with many molecular studies.[6] Most paleontologist=
> s no=3D
> > > w
> > > > > >> > doubt the idea that whales are descended from mesonychids, and
> > > > > >> > instead suggest that whales are either descended from or share=
> a
> > > > > >> > common ancestor with the anthracotheres, the semi-aquatic ance=
> stor=3D
> > > > > >> =3DA0 =3DA0 Do you agree then than whales evolved from a land ma=
> mmal?
> >
> > > > > > No--I believe that the whales that are alive today evolved from t=
> he
> > > > > > whales that God created.
> >
> > > > > =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0So what about all the fossils of transitional
> > > > > whales in museums all over the world? Did God pepper
> > > > > the ground with fossils of transitional whales that
> > > > > never existed as some sort of cosmic joke?
> >
> > > > I don't know--let's let the scientists figure it out. They will event=
> uall=3D
> > > y
> > > > figure out that God created the whales.
> >
> > > The problem with that is that you instantly disbelieve
> > > them...everytime.
> >
> > > Harry K
> >
> > > <snip>
> >
> > If they figure out that God created whales--I will agree with them and sa=
> y--
> > "great--they finally got it right."
>
> I will say a prayer for you that you hold your breath until such a
> thing does happen.
>
> Harry K
Also pray that Psalm 109:8 applies to Obama.