(November 15, 2014 at 10:14 am)His_Majesty Wrote:(November 15, 2014 at 12:24 am)Esquilax Wrote: No, Archaeopteryx is the missing link in the dinosaur to bird chain; dinosaurs and reptiles are on different prongs of the classification system. They aren't even in the same class, let alone anything of more specificity.
Dinosaurs were reptiles, dude.
No, they weren't, dude. Read a book.
Quote:When you made the post, it insulted my intelligence because I could of SWORE I was taught that dinosaurs were reptiles as a kid, and I even remember zoologists being so eager to tell kids that dinosaurs are still alive today, and showing kids pictures of crocodiles/alligators as proof...and crocs and alligators ARE reptiles.
*could have sworn
Maybe your teacher was wrong, maybe you misunderstood, maybe your memory is faulty; all the same, dinosaurs were not reptiles.
Quote:So according to this website (and myself), your bullshit distinction is irrelevant http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encycloped...saurs.html
That web site says no such thing.
Quote:So for you to sit there and try to make the distinction between the two is disingenuous. But then again, it doesn't matter anyway, because even if the claim was that the archaeopteryx was the missing link between dinosaur's and birds (as opposed to reptiles), that would STILL be all speculation on the part of the evolutionist for reasons I've already mentioned.
The distinction is quite real; you are being incredibly stupid.
Quote:But anyway...dinosaurs were a "kind" of reptile..just like a dog is a "kind" of mammal. Same thing.
No, dinosaurs and reptiles are in entirely different classes. Not the same thing at all.
Quote:And again, we've never observed organisms make these macro-level changes that the archae had supposedly made....so what do we have? We have an alleged process that is said to conveniently have occurred long before anyone was around to see it, and the next change will conveniently take place long after everyone living today WON'T be around to see it.
No one has ever observed this large scale changes...you simply have to accept by faith that it occurred, as the entire theory is based on lies, speculations, and unsupported claims. You can believe it all you want, but it isn't science.
We see it in the DNA. Read a fucking book.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.