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Author Topic:   Genesis "kinds" may be Nested Hierarchies.
Percy
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Message 97 of 218 (823664)
11-15-2017 9:01 AM
Reply to: Message 58 by Taq
10-23-2017 11:51 AM


I know this was written a while ago, but I'm only just catching up on this thread. Just a minor nit:
Taq writes:
The nested hierarchies were first described by Linnaeus, hundreds of years before Darwin.
A hundred years before Darwin. Linnaeus, 1707-1778. Darwin, 1809-1882.
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Message 144 of 218 (824804)
12-03-2017 7:51 PM
Reply to: Message 143 by Dredge
12-03-2017 6:49 PM


Dredge writes:
In the way of an exercise, could a flying pig be fitted into a nested hierarchy?
You mean a pig with four legs but with two extra limbs growing somewhere out of its back that are wings? No. Same answer for griffins, minotaurs, dragons, cyclops, etc.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 164 of 218 (825036)
12-06-2017 4:32 PM
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12-04-2017 7:42 PM


Dredge writes:
Dragons are described in the Bible, so they existed.
This webpage tries to answer the question, "What does the Bible say about dragons?"
quote:
Answer: The Bible mentions a dragon in Revelation chapters 12, 13, 16, and 20. Revelation 20:2 identifies the dragon: He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. The Bible is not teaching that dragons ever truly existed. Rather, it is only comparing Satan to a fire-breathing monster.
For some reason this answer fails to mention that Revelation 12:9 also says that the dragon is Satan:
quote:
The great dragon was hurled downthat ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
You continue:
When one of their fossils is discovered, evolutionists will have to fit it somehow into their mythical Tree of Life.
When the fossil of a dragon or minotaur or griffin or crocoduck is discovered then it will throw a major monkey wrench into the theory of evolution. Just finding a rabbit fossil in the Cambrian would do the same.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 170 of 218 (825271)
12-11-2017 8:19 AM
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12-10-2017 9:11 PM


A description of a fire-breathing monster ("leviathan") is given in the book of Job 40:20 - 41:25. Sounds pretty much like a dragon to me.
Job 40
20 Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
...
etc...
A leviathan is a sea monster. The Bible uses the term "dragon" to refer to Satan.
But you are drifting off-topic and ignoring the point under discussion. You said, "When one of their fossils is discovered, evolutionists will have to fit it somehow into their mythical Tree of Life," and the answer remains the same. When the fossil of a dragon or minotaur or griffin or crocoduck is discovered then it will throw a major monkey wrench into the theory of evolution. Just finding a rabbit fossil in the Cambrian would do the same.
--Percy

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