-Caveat Lector- > > the point here is that no respectable biologist is going to look at a whale > > and say "hey! it looks like a fish, so it must be an intermediate form" > > because, as you've pointed out, this is not good science. > > That's right. It is not good science. But Discovery keeps telling us about > a reptile fossil with what looks like feathered wings which the priesthood > of Scientism gets ecstatic about. They say, "hey! it looks like a bird, so > it must be an intermediate form".
archaeopteryx? > Well, it is intermediate in form defined by "how it looks". only partially. the most important part is not the feathers but the skeletal shape, particularly the spinal structure. we can only truly deduce that it must have had feathers. keep in mind that before archaeopteryx we also had at least one other winged reptile, a pteradactyl, which did not have feathers. one point at a time, and it all makes sense... >But that > doesn't prove a thing about reptiles evolving into birds any more than a > fossil of a bat would prove that mammals evolved into birds. no, but the skeletons are pretty convincing... inri np: http://chat.carleton.ca/~jparent2/ "there ought to be limits to freedom" - george w. bush "if this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as i'm the dictator." - george w. bush "i'm not going to let congress erode the power of the executive branch" - george w. bush <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
