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From: root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Vestigal Organs
Message-ID: <1059@trwatf.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 11:27:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 28 11:27:08 1985
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In article <1295@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) 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!
>
> 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.
>
> Paul DuBois     {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--

If the leg bones are not the vestiges of a land-dwelling creatures then
at the very least the creationist must admit that the whale's skeletal
structure implies an evolutionary and natural origin...  not one of design.

Would the creator hardwire such things into his creation to deceive us?
I don't think so.
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