Re: Dino-Birds
Massie (mrlab@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 02 Jun 1999 06:25:15 -0700
Massie wrote:
>
> Adam Crowl wrote:
> >
> > Hi ASA,
> >
> > Chinese researchers, in the latest issue of "Nature" [27 May 1999], report a
> > new find of a dinosaur with filamentary integument i.e. pre-feathers, just
> > like _Sinosauropteryx_. These filaments are clearly covering the animal
> > rather than deceptively seeming like sub-dermal structures, as in the case
> > of _Sinosauropteryx_, and the individual filaments seem to have hollow cores
> > like true feathers. They're obviously not flight feathers, but they are a
> > possible preadaptation ready for transformation in gliding arboreal dinos or
> > leaping cursorial dinos.
> >
> > The question for YECs and other sceptics of evolution is "why did God bother
> > making all these curious creatures that cross the boundaries of supposed
> > 'kinds'?" It all so naturally lends itself to an evolutionary interpretation
> > so I wonder why God didn't contrive the world to be less confusing - "he is
> > not a God of confusion" - and less misleading, since his nature and power
> > are supposed to be clearly seen in Nature. None of it makes sense unless
> > evolution is true. Else God is a bigger liar than Satan, or this world has
> > evolved.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > Or so it seems to me
> >
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> Adam
>
> You are not alone in thinking that you know the mind of God. What basis
> do you have for saying that God made the wrong numbers of what you
> define as "kinds." JS Gould of course made a big case of his proported
> understanding of the wisdom of God in The Panda's Thumb. Who knows why
> he made the diversity of kinds (a human definition) and what gives you
> the insight into the workings of his mind. Further, what limites the
> Creator from making whatever it pleases him regardless of you dismay
> what how it fits into the current human model of biodiverstiy. I will
> follow the postings very carefully and I await your explanation. I
> would want at least to hear that you:
>
> Give us a listing of all the "kinds" of creatures on the planet.
>
> Tell us how they interact to form the integrated biological system.
>
> Explain to us your criteria for selecting the mistakes and give us some
> integrated explanation.
>
> Bert Massie