Do proponents of ID & creationism realise that transitional whale fossils were found in Pakistan.?

Question

And it seems there closest living relative is the hippo!

The linked article should answer a few of the fundamentalist criticisms of evolution.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/09/010920072245.htm

blakeb......this is just one of many such finds. At least 5 transitional stages have been found in the same valley.

Fossilisation occurs rarely.

To find so much is incredible.

Sorry pal, the evidence is OVERWHELMING. Your religion is wrong.

Answer 1

Isn't it too hard to believe that they were seperate creatures? Just because two skeletal samples look alike, it doesn't mean they are connected? This isn't evidence.

Answer 2

Well, I didn't read the whole article because I don't like to read. I did, however, read enough to figure out what it was talking about. I would first like to point out the title: "New Fossils Suggest Whales And Hippos Are Close Kin" and specifically the word "Suggest". This is a key word that shows this idea is simply a theory, not fact. If the author wanted to use this fossil as proof then he would use a word such as "shows". A seemingly small difference, but to a good author and critic it is a big difference.
I don't know much about fossils. I do know, however, that there is proof that a world wide flood was possible and likely (see Noah's Flood—what about all that water? ::: http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/AnswersBook/flood12.asp).
Living conditions would have been different before the flood since many believe there was a vapor canopy above the Earth. This would block many of the harmful sun rays while allowing plenty of pure sun light to shine through. After the flood there would have been many animals that died from the change in the atmosphere. That would explain the missing links that were found as they are most likely specific families or species that have died off.
I can't explain every little "missing link" that somebody digs up, just as nobody can PROVE how each animal transformed into another. Take, for instance, the horse and dog. Evolutionists believe that horses evolved from dogs (or vice versa, I don't remember), however, I have never heard of anybody breeding a small horse to a big dog. The chance of a big dog in conversion to a small horse somehow crossing that genetic barrier in reproduction is nonexistent. At some point you have to have two big dogs/small horses being born during the same time (which, according to evolution, could be hit or miss by thousands of years) from two sets of parents (because inbreeding would destroy genetics). I'm not sure that is really clear, but do you get what I'm saying?
It all just comes down to faith. Evolution can't be proved and Creation can't be proved. The process of Evolutionists finding missing links and Creationists explaining what the missing links really are could go on forever (and probably will).
Evolutionists want to take God out of the picture, however, without God Evolutionists cannot explain where the first volatile ball of gas came from. Check out http://www.answersingenesis.com to find more Creation Scientist's opinions and explanations. They're much smarter about this stuff than I am.
I know you expect us to be open minded about theories, however, you haven't give our side a chance yet. have you?

Answer 3

It is easier to dismiss evidence than it is to try and understand it.
I read about the whale/hippo connection in Dawkin's book "An Ancestor's Tale". It makes some sense to me that the whale is related to a semi-aquatic land mammal.
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Answer 4

Blind (and politically controlled) faith will never be swayed by mere facts. Just enjoy your research and the knowledge that your intellect is streets ahead of creationists and IDists. There are far more interesting things to do than bother with that sub-species.

Answer 5

They wouldn't care. You are talking faith here - scientific evidence of any kind will be ignored by fundamentalists until the people they allow to do their thinking for them say it's ok to believe.

Answer 6

yes