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The fact that it no longer is held up as evidence proves my point that it was in fact a fraud.
Oh dear, you're really having vocabulary problems, aren't you?
In order to prove that it was a fraud, you need to show two things. 1. It was falsely held out as evidence of evolution and 2. those who did so knew it was false. The fact that it is not now held out as evidence doesn't prove either of those things. If you think it does, you need to explain why.
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat