Secondary Addiction Part III: Ann Coulter on Evolution

Talk Reason ^ | James Downard

[hosepipe]

And NOW for something a little different.....

An Ann Coulter thread on other than politics...

Which generates an amazing thought.. What do liberals and evolutionists have in common?..

[js1138]

What do liberals and evolutionists have in common?..

Walking on two legs; broad, flat nails?

[atlaw]

It takes a lot of forbearance to deal with some of the people who post here.

Indeed. For example, some seem unaware of even the rudiments of irony.

[Boxen]

If I never see another stupid ellipsis for as long as I live it will have been too soon.

[Junior]

From the article:

It provided three surprises, new features that significantly altered the view of Archaeopteryx. The skeleton is very small -- even smaller than the Eichstätt specimen -- but apparently adult. This has led Peter Wellnhofer, the German paleontologist who described it, to suggest that it represents a new species, Archaeopteryx bavarica. Apart from size, the specimen includes two new anatomical features: a bony sternum, which is unknown in any other specimen and is crucial for the attachment of flying muscles; and a set of bony, interdental plates that are preserved on the inner side of each lower jaw between all tooth positions. Similar interdental plates are found in two different groups that have been suggested as possible ancestors for Archaeopteryx: the theropod dinosaurs and a still more primitive reptilian group, the thecodonts. See also Feduccia (1999, 77) and Elžanowski (2001).

This excerpt is talking about a possible second species of archaeopteryx. Note that this one has a bony sternum not found in the other species of archaeopteryx. Also note it still maintains some reptilian features in its jaw. Also note, the author cited his sources so that you can go out and check them should you so desire -- something which you have pointedly failed to do.

Now, on the matter of the transitional nature of archaeopteryx, should we trust folks who've spent most of their lives studying this and other critters, or someone whose spelling and grammar indicate an unfamiliarity with basic schooling?

[Junior]

If I never see another stupid ellipsis for as long as I live it will have been too soon.

And...

[Virginia-American]

so va, you completely neglect to add all the items from my previous posts showing all the total and complete bird traits, and no possible like traitsm, or partial TRANSITIONAL traits in any member of the dino family, or reptiles for that matter, that could have even hypothetically led to archy

Hard to follow what you're trying to say here; what would you expect a ttransitional to look like?

Read the article

[BJClinton]

The bizarre bird is just an odd creation that came out of nowhere and went nowhere, much like Air America Radio.

I disagree with the Skinny One on evolution but damn that is good.

[tallhappy]

What do liberals and evolutionists have in common?..

World view philosophy.

[tallhappy]

Methinks one doest tink doo highly of hissyself.
Me means you.

[Junior]

Congratulations. You can cut and paste from Answers in Genesis without giving them any attribution.

AIG doesn't have a good track record for scientific veracity.

[gondramB]

>>Coulter is totally ignorant about evolution placemarker.<<

She's too smart to be this ignorant.

[atlaw]

Aw gee, tallhappy. I'm sorry. From now on, when you flex your laughable arrogance and in a laughable act of ignorance you call someone else laughably dumb, I'll remember that its just tallhappy being good old, laughable tallhappy, and I'll hold my tongue.

[Gumlegs]

[CarolinaGuitarman]

" What do liberals and evolutionists have in common?..

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World view philosophy."

But of course, you accept evolution, how could anybody think otherwise... lol

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"and you can spend time not refuting the texts that are marked in there, and instead chose to sidestep your getting wacked in this dicussion by insulting the source."

Coming from someone who in this very thread insulted HIS OWN SOURCE, that is very funny!!

[Junior]

I call BS. The only place I could find that particular information was on creationist sites. I cannot be certain the information was not taken out of context or otherwise manipulated to portray the view it did.