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« on: July 23, 2001, 01:34:47 PM »
I bleeped out a swear word. ;)
Referring to early statements... I merely return to the point that we don't have any evidence that directly supports a bridge between species. While it is theorized that some dinosaur species evolved into the modern day birds, that is contingent on finding links between the two. The problem is that while we can pose suppositions about possible connections between various animals, it would really require an extensive series of minor mutations to result in the kind of evolution claimed. As far as evolution goes, I'm agnostic -- it's an interesting theory, and there is some evidence for it, but there is no real proof as of yet.
Regarding Noah and the bible, I was referring not to how the author(s) of the text considered it, but how later people interpreted it. The mark of Cain was often used as an excuse to enslave people with dark skin...