Do creationists recognize what a transitional fossil or species would look like?

Question

If you think it has anything to do with Kirk Cameron's Crocoduck, then you must have gotten out of high school on a plea bargain.

Since you deny they exist, what do you think scientists are referring to when they describe the thousands of them documented in the scientific literature?

Emptywun: I've emailed you some websites. For the rest of you, the most comprehensive one is found at http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html

Answer 1

I doubt that ANY casual observer would be able to recognize a transitional fossil.

If I held up a skull of a Cro Magnon Man and the skull of a Homo habilis, do you think you'd be able to tell me which species came first, and which skull belongs to which species?

Answer 2

I think creationists would recognize such transitional fossils just as easily as evolutionists would. There have been many documented cases of the missing link, that simply turned out to be fraud. Initially, these were verified as irrefutable proof by evolutionists to support evolution. The real questions are, if everything has evolved from a single cell organism, where did the life from the single cell organism come from, and why hasn't everything evolved so that there is only one life form on the planet? You can't say that one thing will evolve this way and then inexplicably will evolve in two separate species. Also, why are some lesser evolved species, still unevolved? There are so many questions that science hasn't even attempted to answer. Why? Many know where it will lead them. They want to first find an answer, then ask the question that supports the answer. Remember, most of the early, break-through scientific discoveries came from creationists. We cannot ignore the works of people such as Mendel, who was a pioneer in gene dominance. He was also a monk. They check their findings with the Holy Bible for accuracy. Frankly, they got more results with less faulty findings, historically.

Answer 3

Provide me some links to this information please. No, seriously, I accept emails...send the links.

It isn't just the inbetweens of a certain supposed chain of species, it's huge gaps between groups of species too. For example, there are serious differences between amphibians and reptiles, and between reptiles and birds. Birds supposedly started off as dinosaurs which evolved from reptiles, but even a cursory review of their physiology will tell you that birds and reptiles don't have much in common. Is there a warm blooded reptile somewhere? The transition from cold to warm blooded is, evolutionarily speaking, HUGE, but there are no transitory forms that show us how it happened.

Also, nothing science has come up with yet can begin to explain the tremendous explosion of life which happend on Earth about 540 Million years ago. It's a little event called the "Cambrian Explosion". In one layer of ancient dirt, the only life to be found was limited to algae, ferns, and a few other primitive plants (no animals at all). The next layer up (an eyeblink in geological terms) contains representatives of every form of animal still existant on the Earth today: insects, mollusks, amphibians, reptiles, mammals...etc. Apparently, life "evolved" from algae to mammal in just a few million years?? Didn't Darwin predict slow steady change brought on by constant adaptation to changing conditions? Didn't he also predict that if you put the right goo in a puddle and left it somewhere that life would spontaneously form? Do you realize that the average eighth grader in America today understands more about genetics and microbiology than Darwin ever did? And yet, we still teach his theories like they're the answer to everything. *sigh*

Answer 4

emptywun: the Cambrian explosion occurred over 30 million years. Calling it an "eye-blink" is a logical fallacy.

But let me say that I'm impressed with the quality of your arguments. It's clear that you have a much better understanding of the real evidence than the typical propagandist creationist.

Answer 5

You know, when we all die, we'll know for sure who is right.
And what if you are wrong? Then what? It's too late then.
Believe what you want. You will not convince creationist to believe what you believe. So do everyone a favor and leave it alone already. You're beating a dead horse.


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Answer 6

*Shakes head * scientific sophism.

Answer 7

they are all old popes...that have been preserved in a variety of ways..

Answer 8

because they honestly expect to see a crocoduck. it's sad, really.


i think they forget that you can't refute something that you don't first understand.

Answer 9

ever heard of the "missing link"