MartinV writes:
Some very weird creatures or similarities do not represent problem for many darwinists.
Not at all. I seems to me that weird creatures represent a much larger problem for an involved infinitely intelligent designer. Was Platypus made from left over parts or what?
MartinV writes:
We have discussed here similarities between skulls of marsupial and placental wolf. I quoted Dawkins that students at Cambridge have had problem tell them apart.
I am somewhat surprised you bring this up, as this point was overwhelming well defended - and not in your favor!
When Platypus specimens arrived in England (prior to Darwin) they were greeted with suspicion. One of the first to examine the Platypus, Robert Knox explained the source of the suspicion...
Robert Knox writes:
"Aware of the monstrous impostures which the artful Chinese had so frequently practised on European adventurers the scientific felt inclined to class this rare production of nature with eastern mermaids and other works of art."
This suspicion was not based on some conflict with natural selection or evolutionary theory like I think you are attempting to allude.
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