To: kuma
Now the geological column is taught that it is layer upon layer one on top of the other in the exact order that they state when in nature you will not find it as such. I can't parse this at all.
Vestigal organs. It's taught that the tailbone is an example of this but if you had it removed you couldn't walk. Sounds as though it serves a purpose to me.
I'll leave the issue of the tailbone to someone who might know better and ask: what about the appendix?
Legs on whales. Those aren't legs they are used for mating.
So why are they so oddly similar to legs on land-mammals?
199 posted on
02/13/2004 7:10:20 PM PST by
Dimensio
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To: Dimensio
The appendix relates to the immune system and controls certain bacteria in the intestines. If you have it removed it won't kill you but it still has a function.
The back legs on whales were once thought to be legs but then through further study it was found that they are needed for mating. Their funtion was discovered so obviously we would want to stop teaching children that they are something when they are not.
I'm sorry I simply can't seem to figure out a way to explain the problem with the geological column but I know that my science teacher was knowledgeable enough to know that you will not find it layered as such. I once watched a TV show where a paleontologist pointed out the fact that he needed to unlearn everything he had learned about the columns in high school because it was not so in the real world.
For that matter some "science" teachers have taught that toilet bowls flush one way in the Northern Hemisphere and the other way in the Southern Hemisphere. That is found in textbooks and by the way it's incorrect.
Why do these people want incorrect information in textbooks?
200 posted on
02/13/2004 7:24:10 PM PST by
kuma
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