Bible contradictions?

[NoMoreFaith]

The blue whale arose within 40 million years, a small time by any evolutionary standard, while the mesonychids remained virtually unchanged in the same time period, as did most other species. I bring up whales because they are an example of uncanny accelerated evolution, and also a digression--organisms arose from the ocean, and then they inexplicably return. The question is why.
Why it's unlikely: http://www.trueauthority.com/cvse/whale.htm

Yep, its one of the least accounted for transitions, agreed. That doesn't really disprove anything does it? Especially when you had to search pretty hard to find examples of poor transitions.

The fossils that have been found show clear similarities between whales and their predecessors, its just not as complete as other records.

The link you posted was hilarious thanks, their evidence that the transitions are only shown in the water in pictures was beautiful.
We theorise amphibians and draw pictures to prove it. Is that really what you think palaeontologists are doing all day? Drawing pretty pictures?

Did it ever occur to you to read something other than a non-scientific webpage about these things?
Of course not, you have private conviction, therefore everything must fit with your conviction and you'll believe anything that is written to try and desperately support it.
I have the luxury of reviewing several sources, and their criticisms, because I'm allowed to change my mind. Awesomesauce.

It is often depicted as an animal that is adapted to living on land and in the water. Of course, just like pakicetus, the artistic reconstructions of ambulocetus go beyond what the fossil findings justify.

Come on, take a guess, how do you THINK they figure they are amphibious. Taking the fossil records too far? Awesome. Ambulocetus spinal bones are adapted to undulate because.... doh.. I know, God knew they like to disco, its got nothing to do with being amphibious.

Thats right, evolution is wrong, God likes to give mammals the tools to D.I.S.C.O like a wild thing.Then separate the changes in different layers of geological formations. What a practical joker he is.

You don't need many bits of a spine to figure that out. We have almost whole skeletons, and what do you know it, it shares features with whales and land mammals. Is God just fucking with you?

If fossils are so rare, why do we often have dozens or hundreds of a given species... punctuated by blankness?

You require specific circumstances for a fossil to form, if those circumstances are not present. No fossils. Like I said, animals don't automatically become fossils you realise.
If the circumstances are right, any animal that dies there is going to create a fossil. If they aren't, none of them are.. is that too hard to understand?

I love how you hate the idea of transitional fossil, yet, when you die, you'll be one too. But really, we both know you're amusingly going to pull the transitional fossil card to infinite regress on the basis of personal conviction.

It's when they all died, when their functions intended for survival failed them. Why did they die all around the same time? The Flood is a logical answer.

Strange how mutable your concept of evidence is. Fossil record evidence is incomplete therefore untrue, but flood evidence is practically non-existent therefore true.
Strange world you live in.

Please. Convince us the flood actually happened.

No "incomplete" fossil record to hide in the gaps. Bring on the evidence for a global flood. Its friday and we need the entertainment.