RE: Argument #1: Transitional Fossils
April 21, 2014 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2014 at 5:33 pm by Revelation777.)
(April 21, 2014 at 9:49 am)pocaracas Wrote: Ah... here they come!
The hounds of the creationist!
"kind"? What the heck does that mean? Species? Genus? Family? Order? Class? Phylum? Kingdom? or Domain?
Second, there are a myriad of transitional fossils collecting dust in museums all over the world!
Here's just one example for which we do have fossils, The elephant:
On top of that, fossilization is an extremely rare event. Just think of all the humans from before the 20th Century for which fossils have been found... and all those that have vanished.
Given that it is rare, some holes are expected in the fossil record. The amazing thing is that we have so few holes as we do!
Last, the trilobite... what have they done to you, to deserve such unflattering representation?
They show up on the fossil record around 521 million years ago. Remember when I said fossilization is a rare event? Well, the farther back in time we go, the harder it is to find fossils... and this was a time on the planet's history when all life was underwater, making it even more difficult to generate fossils...
Just because we have no fossil evidence, it doesn't mean that they didn't evolve from something else.... what it was, we may never know... it may be lost to geology and plate tectonics and erosion.
You do know what a fossil is, don't you?
drawings of foot bones and sketches are unconvincing to me
(April 21, 2014 at 9:51 am)KUSA Wrote: Enen if there is a creator I wouldn't call it intelligent design. It's more like an evil dumbass went on a disease and inhospitable environment creating rampage. I'd call it retarded design.
I respectfully disagree, if you lived back in the Garden my money would be you would of been in complete awe and wonderment.
(April 21, 2014 at 10:08 am)rasetsu Wrote:(April 21, 2014 at 9:10 am)Revelation777 Wrote: Trilobites are an example of an organism appearing suddenly in the fossil record void of any evidence of transitions.
What do you mean "appearing suddenly" in the fossil record. Are you suggesting there was a "time" in the fossil record when there were no trilobytes, but at a later time, there were trilobytes? Sounds like evolution to me.
Actually evolution would expect creatures over time transitioning into a trilobyte, instead, we just find trilobytes...sounds like Creation to me.
(April 21, 2014 at 10:18 am)Kitanetos Wrote:(April 21, 2014 at 9:10 am)Revelation777 Wrote: If a kind or basic type of animal over a long period of time has evolved into a different kind of basic type of animal
Ummm, no. Just no.
Right from the start you are showing a lack of knowledge in regards to evolution. Evolution is not a process whereby a type of animal changes into another type of animal. Evolution is a process of survival, whereby the animal gradually, over a period of time, adapts to its changing environment. Those that do not evolve typically do not survive.
Then everyone should of evolved into the strongest, most rugged, smartest, creature imaginable. The rabbit must not of got the memo.
