Dr. Marvin R. Perkins  <spacedoc@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
No comments were made about the eminent Dr. Colin Patterson. Considering
he taught evolution for 30+ years before changing his mind, we probably
won't hear any!)

Reference?

}We could, and I have, argued for days about whose credentials are better,
}and one man's opinion against another man's opinion. Kinda fun, but rather
}circular. I offer the following as a follow up:
}
}Most any "XXXXX" (philosopher, paleontologist, etc.) would surely admit
}that there has been a dearth of fossil evidence and a seemingly
}"impossible gulf" (as it has been described by some):
}1.  Between dead matter (ANY dead matter) and life; ANY life!
}2.  Between plants (ANY plants) and the lowest form of animal.
}3.  Between invertebrates and vertebrates.
}4.  Between marine life and amphibians.
}5.  Between amphibians and reptiles.
}6.  Between reptiles and mammals.
}7.  Between beasts (ANY BEAST!) and man; at least Creationists! (;->

References?

}DON'T TELL ME about "observed" micro-miniature changes in insignificant
}details that leave a frog a frog, etc. that can be easily explained as a
}simple deviation among the gene population of the same species!

What about observed changes in significant details?

}The last science magazine I read still left me with the understanding that
}there has NEVER NEVER NEVER been one piece of evidence produced that shows
}a clear example of any of these "bridges," "gulfs," "links," etc. have
}been violated! Where is the "ample proof" of evolution?

What was the last science magazine you read, and how many decades ago did
you read it?

}Evolutionists laugh at the ancient alchemists who tried to turn lead into
}gold, but with a wave of the hand, they turn NOTHING into an operating
}universe, complete with humankind! Bah and Humbug!

Physicists have been transmuting metals for years.  Just when was that science
magazine published anyway?

}Dr. Etheridge of the British Museum said "Nine-tenths of the talk of
}evolutionists is sheer nonsense, not founded on observation and wholly
}unsupported by facts. This museum is full of proofs of the utter falsity
}of their views. IN ALL THIS GREAT MUSEUM, THERE IS NOT A PARTICLE OF
}EVIDENCE OF THE TRANSMUTATION OF SPECIES." (Caps are mine, thank you!)

Reference?  (Is Etheridge defunct?)

}Professor Virchow of Berlin, a naturalist, said: The attempt to fin the
}transition from animal to man has ended in total failure... 
}    Evolution is all nonsense."

Reference?  (Hasn't Rudolf Virchow been dead since September 5, 1902?)

}Professor Fleishman of Erlangen (EX-DARWINIST!) said: "The Darwinian
}theory of descent has not a single fact to confirm it, in the realm of
}nature. It is not the result of scientific research, but is purely the
}product of the imagination."

Reference?  (Is Fleis[c]hman[n] defunct?)

}Sir William Dawson, a Canadian Geologist, said: "The record of the
}rocks is decidedly against evolutionists, especially in the abrupt
}appearance of new forms under specific types, and without apparent
}predecessors..."

Reference?  (Hasn't Sir John William Dawson been dead since November 20,
1899?)

}Dr. Trass, a paleontologist concludes: "The idea that mankind is
}descended from any simian species whatever, is certainly the most
}foolish ever put forth by a man writing on the history of man."

Reference?  (Is Trass defunct?)

}Professor Haeckel, an extreme evolutionist confessed: "Most modern
}investigators of science have come to the conclusion that the doctrine
}of evolution and particularly Darwinism IS AN ERROR, AND CAN NOT BE
}MAINTAINED." (Yes, Caps mine, thank you.)

Reference?  (Hasn't Ernest Haeckel been dead since August 9, 1919?)

}"spacedoc"

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diploma mills?

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