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Re: Support for a 'young' earth.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:27:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Markus Wolf writes:
> > Maybe what they told you in school was wrong. Maybe dinosaurs were wiped out
> > by a virus. Maybe all sorts of things. I don't understand your point, please
> > explain it more clearly.
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> I think it had something to do with those speckled moths. Again, I'm not a
> scientist and I'm dropping questions that have yet to be answered. In
> response to your comment, is there any evidence for a world wide virus? How
> did these dinosaurs that have been found appear to have died? Surely there
> is enough knowledge about autopsies and things that it could be determined?
> I don't know.
Generally a full autopsy requires the examination of such soft bits as are
seldom preserved for 65+ million years. With this in mind, it's difficult
to assess the viral pathology of an organism of which you have only
fossilized bones remaining. He was speaking speculatively and addressing a
possible cause of cataclysmic extinction, rather than positing a virus as
the definite cause of extinction.
In contrast (and not necessarily addressing your own view) is there any
evidence to show that all the dinosaurs were wiped out by a flood? Even the
marine dinosaurs and the ammonites?
> > > Junk science.
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> > Like creationism you mean?
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> No, more that the only answer you can afford me was "Lungfish." Thanks for
> your wisdom.
Creationism *is* junk science, since it purports to be science while
simultaneously rejecting all scientific methods and principles. It was only
a single example; I'll point you to a study of the subject if you'd like,
but my source material is at home. In any case, 'lungfish' is a fine
example of something that may yet come to be, ie: a fish with legs. We
can't know, because the process takes so long. In the meantime, the point
remains that, even if they're not fully functional legs, leg-like fins are
better for ambulatory movement than non-leg-like fins. The same reasoning
applies to thumbs, wings, etc: a partially opposable thumb offers better
utility than a non-opposable thumb.
Dave!
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