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From: lief@hpfcla.UUCP (lief)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <14600028@hpfcrs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 16:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 16:42:00 1985
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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Nf-From: hpfcrs!lief    Jul 23 12:42:00 1985

>>/***** hpfcrs:net.origins / umcp-cs!flink /  3:42 pm  Jul 15, 1985*/
>>In article <323@phri.UUCP> fritz@phri.UUCP (Dave Fritzinger) writes:
>>..., and I might add, extremely good evidence for evolution,
>>is the rear leg bones of the whales.  Even though they serve no purpose,
>>and cannot be seen from the outside, WHALES HAVE LEGS!!!  
>
>Indeed, many insect species have "vestigal" wings, which are small 
>non-functional organs sitting right where the wings were/are on the
>closest related species.  If there's a God who created all species
>from scratch, He must be trying awful hard to trick us into believing
>in evolution!
>/* ---------- */
>
Do these "vestigal" organs show "pregression" or "regression".  In otherwords,
can these mean that at one time whales could walk, but due to some mutation,
the legs became useless?  I would call this "regression".  On the other hand,
does this mean whales never could walk, but may in the future as the legs
further develop?  I would call this "progression".

As a creationist, I believe that "vestigal" organs demonstrate "regression" of
species over time, and serve no evidence for evolution.  I may be all wet, but
I really fail too see how "vestigal" organs serve as good evidence of
evolution.

Lief Sorensen
HP Fort Collins, CO
Uucp ...!hpfcla!lief