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Author: jcon
Date: Sep 17, 2008 09:28

On Sep 16, 9:55 pm, "DAVID GREENE" verizon.net> wrote:
> "Hamady" gmail.com> wrote:
>>http://scienceislam.com/scientists_quran.php
>>According to the theory of evolution, every living species has emerged
>>from a predecessor. One species which existed previously turned into
>>something else over time and all species have come into being in this
>>way. According to the theory, this transformation proceeds gradually
>>over millions of years.
>
>>If this were the case, then innumerable intermediate species should
>>have lived during the immense period of time when these
>>transformations were supposedly occurring. For instance, there should
>>have lived in the past some half-fish/half-reptile creatures which had
>>acquired some reptilian traits in addition to the fish traits they
>>already had.
>
> Yup, found 'em already.  Saw 'em on Discovery Channel.
>

You don't understand. When you find what you *think* is a
transitional fossil, you really just create two gaps where
there used to be one, so the problem gets worse,
not better.

Think of it as sort of a Zeno's Paradox for morons.

-jc
>>Or there should have existed some reptile/bird creatures,
>>which had acquired some avian traits in addition to the reptilian
>>traits they already possessed.
>
> Yup, found 'em already.  Saw 'em on Discovery Channel.
>
> [snip the rest of the copied article.]
>
>
> Dave Greene
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