(November 16, 2014 at 2:30 pm)His_Majesty Wrote:(November 16, 2014 at 2:19 pm)Chas Wrote: No, I am using the term in the scientific, not the popular, sense.
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Reptiles, the class Reptilia, are an evolutionary grade of animals, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards and tuatara, their extinct relatives, and some of the extinct ancestors of mammals. Due to their evolutionary history and the diversity of extinct forms, the validity of the class is not universally supported in scientific circles, though in practice, it remains in use by some biologists and more laymen, especially in mass media. The study of reptiles, historically combined with that of amphibians, is called herpetology.
Whether the archae is the "alleged" missing link between dinosaur/bird, or reptile/bird...doesn't matter, because both are equally false. It is like two people arguing over whether or not 2+2=5 or 2+2=7, they are BOTH wrong so it really doesn't matter, now does it?
You clearly don't understand biological classification, the theory of evolution, or the evidence supporting it.
You reject it out-of-hand then go looking for reasons. You are the worst sort of presupposissionalist.
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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.