Religion & Spirituality - 14 October 2006

1. claws -- a few modern birds have claws, but usually only as babies.

2. teeth -- no modern birds have teeth.

3. flat sternum (no keel) -- the only modern day birds with flat sterna are flightless birds.

4. concave articulation points on the cervical vertibrae instead of the standard elongated, saddle-shaped articulations that most birds have.

5.free vertebrae in the truck region rather than the typical fused vertebrae seen in all modern birds.

6. presence of abdominal ribs. these are found in theropods and other reptiles but not in any modern birds.

7. a ribcage which lacks uncinate processes and does not articulate to the sternum. all modern-day birds have strut-like uncinates and sternum articulations.

8. only 6 vertebrae in the sacrum. modern birds have 11 to 23.

9. mobile joints in not only the fingers, but also in the elbow and wrist. in modern birds, all of the joints have been fused.

10. downward-facing shoulder socket (like the kind found in other theropod dinosaurs) rather than the typical outward-facing shoulder sockets found in birds.

11. solid bones. the bones of birds are hollow and allow air to permeate them.

12. long bony tail with freely moving vertebra, just like the sorts of tails found in reptiles. birds today lack tails. (they only have "tails" made of feather, which aren't really, truly tails.) and the vertebrae they do have down there are of course fused.

13. the fenestrae in the skull are arranged the same way is in other theropods. the fenestrae in bird skulls are arranged much differently.

14. a short, heavy quadratic bone with a forward inclination.

15. there is a bend in the jawbone behind the tooth row.

16. presence of a long retro-articular process. this is very reptilian and found in no birds.

17. the jugal bone is straight and thin as in other reptiles.

18. a preorbital bar that saparates the anteorbital fenestra and the eye socket.

19. the occipital condyle and foraman magnum are located above the dorsal end of the quadrate (as in theropods), rather than below the quadrate (as in modern birds).

20. slender, elongated cerebral hemispheres which do not overlap the midbrain. in birds, the cerebral hemispheres are much heavier and extend past the midbrain.


------- wouldn't it just be easier to call archaeopteryx a "dinosaur with feathers"??

2006-10-14 12:22:22 · 11 answers · asked by tobykeogh 3

And why they fear Catholicism and Islam ?

2006-10-14 12:21:34 · 8 answers · asked by Zenko 2

NOTE: I do NOT mean to offend anyone. This is out of pure curiosity!

Did Jesus come to Earth to "save" people from the old Pagan religions? I was just wondering.

-Wiccan Teen )O(

2006-10-14 12:20:51 · 10 answers · asked by Seeker 3

My hemmoroids have been flaring up like a solar flare in June. My stinky little balloons have incapacitated me to the point of being bed ridden. Jesus please send someone over to pop those smelly bastards, I need relief

2006-10-14 12:19:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

For a Jehovah Witness to deny a baby a life threatening blood transfusion, because of belief's? The baby did not choose to be a Jehovah Witness. They have the Right by Law to decide if the baby lives or dies because of needed blood refusal?
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2006-10-14 12:19:02 · 14 answers · asked by hokie wolf 2

2006-10-14 12:17:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-14 12:17:15 · 18 answers · asked by inteleyes 7

Someone just asked a question about it here. Is the Bible against a woman taking it up the wazoo?

2006-10-14 12:15:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please no opinions on this: according to the infallible word of God, to be a good Christian are you required to go to church? Also, in the Christian tradition, are you not allowed to do work on Sundays? If possible, give me some scriptures, please.

2006-10-14 12:14:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

your walking on the side of the rode see a man in dirty clothing ,the smell of piss, and he has a long beard with a musty smell on it . his ribs are showing . He can barely get up to get out of peoples way on the side walk. . .

What would you do?

2006-10-14 12:12:01 · 36 answers · asked by Z ten 3

if you and your child were locked in a room with a mad man and you were givein a choice ...
deny your god (knowing you could never take it back) or he would torture and kill your child in front of you ...
what would you do?

2006-10-14 12:11:41 · 22 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5

does truth change with time-like a cake-does it get warped-aged like a cassette tape, moldy, turned no good and sour??

"Jesus said, I am the way the truth and the life, no one cometh to the father but by me." John 14vs6

how many years would it take for that to become a lie-does truth become untruth with time?

Jesus said "Except ye repent, and be born again, ye can not see the kingdom of heaven." John chapter 3

well I repented of my sins and it worked for me-did i do the wrong thing-was I brain washed to get the joy of Jesus as my best freind and savior from sins-My Messiah to live in my heart. Well what do you think.

If you argue about something that you never experienced-does it mean the other person never experienced it.
Say you believed that there was no such thing as an airplane-someone was just painting the picture and running it across the sky-but I flew on an airplane and experienced it-would your arguement prove I was wrong?

I and millions have Jesus!!!!

2006-10-14 12:11:08 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5

Since anyone with common sense knows that there is a difference between "true" and "false", why do so many believe that different religions and faiths, even though they are not in agreement with eachother, all lead to God? John 4:24 says, "God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth." Therefore, doesn't that mean that there exists true worship (true religion)... as well as false worship (false religion)? Afterall... when Jesus was on earth, weren't the Pharisees and those religious leaders at that time displaying false religion and false worship... and following man-made traditions as doctrines of men?

2006-10-14 12:10:34 · 20 answers · asked by ezlayedback 1

much less moral than non-religious people. They tend to base their lives on ignorant, outdated beliefs that only cause problems when applied to the real world. I think if we could get rid of all religion, the world would be a much better and happier place. What do you think?

2006-10-14 12:10:05 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-14 12:08:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-14 12:08:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does science today, the mighty theories of evolution, that we see evidence for in the DNA's of man and ape,

Does it eliminate our Judeo-Christian Biblical God of Genesis?

Will science in time explain of of creation, and eliminate a God of the Gaps that so many kneel and pray to?

What wonderful discoveries can we make as a human race, if we get off our little knees and put on the lab coat and get some research done.

How awful for those Druids had they not built stonehenge, and seen their calendar, and come to know their God, as it is, not God at all, but nature itself, beautiful.

Can I get a RAmen please?

2006-10-14 12:08:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

God's Prophets performed many miracles.
He Left with his last Prophet a miracle that He said he would preserve, this is the Qur'an.

Have you read it?

2006-10-14 12:07:18 · 18 answers · asked by abdulaziiz 3

"With honest wisdom, someone tells you a story of a far-off land and tosses your fantasies onto a steamboat to let you head for the horizon. The bigger and more dramatic the dreams, the more you'll work for them."

Im a Saggitarius

2006-10-14 12:07:17 · 8 answers · asked by Z ten 3

I'm a Christian, and I try to spread the gospel, but I seriously don't annoy people! I just talk to them about it, ask them about their beliefs, introduce them to mine, invite them to church, and then let them decide. I don't continually pester them. It's a take or leave thing. If they say no, I just continue living like a Christian, minus the preaching, and continue being their friend. No harm done. Right?

2006-10-14 12:06:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello!! :o) I hope you're OK. I'm not talking physically. I'm talking emotionally. Are 'we' - as Christians - supposed to accept the abuses of others?! I've been emotionally abused many times in my life. [Especially so - when I was a kid] And got it into my head - somehow - that a 'good Christian' just 'takes it'. As a consequence - I've always felt emasculated because I never stood up for myself. Are Christians [In your opinion] ALLOWED to defend themselves? [Physically and/or emotionally] IF someone tells me to 'F-OFF' [Or treats me horribly] do I have to smile and walk away like some worm? OR can I tell THEM to F-OFF - TOO? Have a great day!! Craig!! :o)

2006-10-14 12:05:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you want to change your pattern? why or why not?

2006-10-14 12:04:37 · 2 answers · asked by inteleyes 7

“Just get me a f-ing faith-based thing,” eight words attributed to Karl Rove by author and former special assistant to the president, David Kuo [whose] extraordinary new book, “Tempting Faith,” [was] written from his earlier vantage point as the number-two man in Bush‘s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives... Mr. Kuo is making several explosive claims, among them that, behind their backs, the nation‘s top evangelical Christians were regarded with routine mockery and contempt by White House staffers, called “nuts” and “ridiculous.” ... “Tempting Faith” also suggests that this Bush White House would use anything for politics. Anything.

For the whole story and an interview, go here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15250170/

2006-10-14 12:03:30 · 5 answers · asked by Sweetchild Danielle 7

2006-10-14 12:03:04 · 12 answers · asked by hussein a 1

...get stupid answers......?

2006-10-14 12:00:48 · 13 answers · asked by Z ten 3

or reinterpret things to suit what they thought.. not like you and me???
They were 'governed' by the 'will' of God... as opposed to you and me ... who are stuck with the 'human' condition of interpreting things as we see them from our upbringing... our anscestors were 'stuck' writing down the 'truth'.... except for them other guys who wrote the Apocrepha(spelling) .. they were just ... well ... mistaken I guess. And those other guys who wrote stuff...they were just making up stories... But WE, who are willing to admit that we CAN just make up stories... are, what is the word, 'constrained' ???... to believe that everything that was accepted as 'in' was true... and everything that was dumped is 'out' ??

2006-10-14 12:00:42 · 4 answers · asked by eantaelor 4

What really makes you sad or depressed?Name any thing!

2006-10-14 11:58:33 · 23 answers · asked by Z ten 3

Several have already commited to pray on a regular basis for world peace. Some of us Catholics are praying the rosary, but It makes no difference what prayer you prefer. It is all good when it comes from the heart. Through the prayers of the faithful, the power of God is unleashed on earth. Thank you all who are already doing it and if you have not yet commited Please join us now. God bless you all.

2006-10-14 11:58:24 · 7 answers · asked by cnsrvtvbabe 1

These are some questions that I have come upon and need help with on my Religion Class

Please help me and give me ideas on them:

1. What are the important qualities of the Bible?
2. Who are we as being, communicates in the Sacred Scripture (Bible)?
3. The importance of Salvation History

2006-10-14 11:58:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

A lot of us have some kind of faith and a lot of us have strong beliefs in our religion.....
My question is in ANY faith how does one believe in something (either God or Jesus or any other beliefs) and live there life's through it and all of a sudden turn and NOT believe NOT have any faith of anything that they had before?
Even with those who don't believe in God? WHAT IF? You all of a sudden DID believe?

2006-10-14 11:57:29 · 12 answers · asked by Bubba 1