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From: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Vestigal Organs
Message-ID: <366@scgvaxd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 21:45:10 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25 21:45:10 1985
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In article <342@phri.UUCP> lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto) writes:
>> > [Bill Jefferys]
>> > The earlier example mentioned the vestigial leg bones of whales.  Do you
>> > really mean to agree with evolutionists that these are *indeed* vestigial
>> > leg bones, and that whales *did indeed* evolve (sorry, degenerate) from 
>> > land animals, just as we have been saying all this time?  If so, you will 
>> > be the first Creationist I am aware of who does so!
>
>> [Paul Dubois]
>> I guess you'll have to keep looking.  But I will cheerfully admit that
>> I haven't the slightest idea what to make of the leg bones!  I
>> certainly don't think the evidence compels me to believe they came from
>> land animals.
>> 
>Come on Paul, lets get real.

  Is it possible that the whale once lived in relatively shallow habitats
  and came out to walk on the land at times. After thousands of years of
  living in deeper waters its legs could have suffered degeneration.

  Just a thought!

					      Dan