But what does the Bible tell us about the origin of birds, and just how good is the scientific evidence that some dinosaurs evolved into birds?
You failed right here. This isn't science, nor is it objective.
What would it prove if features common to one type of animal were found on another? Nothing. Simply put, God uses various designs with various creatures. Take the platypus, for example—a mosaic. It has several design features that are shared with other animals, and yet it is completely distinct. So if a dinosaur (or mammal) is ever found with feathers, it would call into question our human criteria for classification, not biblical veracity. What’s needed to support evolution is not an unusual mosaic of complete traits, but a trait in transition, such as a “scale-feather,” what creationist biologists would call a “sceather.”
This is f*cked.
Seemingly forgotten in all the claims that birds are essentially dinosaurs (or at least that they evolved from dinosaurs) is the fact that dinosaurs are reptiles.
And yes, feathered Dinosaurs
existed. National Geographic has been publishing these stories for everyday people for 20 years or so now. EDIT I noticed they mentioned one of these species as a fraud but not the dozens of others?
Archaeopteryx, a True Bird, Is Older than the “Feathered” Dinosaurs.
This is what having an agenda is all about. Here is the authors thought process:
If any part of the Bible is not literal or wrong, then the Bible is not true > therefor, the Bible is to be taken literal.
SO that thought process continued:
If any part of evolution doesn't fit, then evolution is false.
But that isn't how intelligent people approach these things. If a piece of the puzzle doesn't fit, we can't throw it out. We hold on to it until we understand where it fits.
Lionz wrote:Are you meaning to suggest Marble Canyon is cut through granite and the cliffs are non-granite?
Off hand, without actually doing too much digging, that is what I was suggesting. The softer lime and sandstones would explain why the Grand Canyon is so wide in some places, but the river's current canyon is so narrow (in the granite). Other factors would be rain, wind, and time. Even in a great flood, no water could cut Granite like that. It's why we use it as building material today.