There are actually dinosaurs living today. In my religion class we watched a video on the proofs against evolution, and there were photos of dinosaurs in Africa. Also many natives in third-world countries occasionally see dinosaurs.
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You're right. There are dinosaurs living today. We just call them Fundamentalist Christians. I'm betting that religion class wasn't in any public school. Also, if a dinosaur were to be found alive, it would have no impact on the theory of evolution. Stating something is extinct is not a tenant of evolution and always comes with the risk that survivors are out there (Coelacanth, Ivory billed woodpecker).
Discovering dinosaurs living in Africa, assuming they did exist, would no more disprove evolution than the discovery of a modern coelacanth did. There are plenty of Lazarus taxon and "living fossils" in existance that the discovery of one more wouldn't matter.
The Silencer of Dissidents: no wai!
Seriously, what is with this guy(girl, herm, whatever)? How can they not have heard of Photoshop? I nominate Photoshop as the new God, for it can convince even Fundies.
It's like in this modern communications age Smiley believes the world still works like in the 13th century, when we knew there was a world out there but weren't sure what was in it, and had to rely on the fourth-hand accounts of "natives." (So condescending.)
The Third World: the wild unknown. Here there be dragons.
I've lived in Africa for some 46 years and the closest I've come to a dinosaur is the chicken I had for supper last night.
Which is a pity. A pet raptor would be cool, and with the crime problem we have here it would be great for security. Unfortunately, while sites like Rapture Ready and the like are full of dinosaurs (with even smaller brains than the reptilian versions), it just isn't the same thing.
P.S. Anybody can make a video about anything, including "proofs against evolution." This doesn't make it true. I could make a video "proofing" that god is a 64 year old homosexual gas station owner from Milwaukee who has sex with donkeys in his spare time. It is very very easy to hoodwink those who want to be hoodwinked.
Woa, dude... those people are unbelievable. And this one looks especially crazy paired up with one of the classic fundies who wrote "no-one ever caught an ape" or something similar.
DINOSAURS STILL EXIST BUT APES DON'T!!!
FANTASY WORLD FTW!
It's true. Many inhabitants of Third World countries do, indeed, see dinosaurs. The periodic arrival of these great lumbering beasts, resplendent in their breeding finery is seen by the locals as the arrival of a great bounty.
We, of course, call these 'dinosaurs'... American Tourists.
There are very few unchartered places on Earth, dearie. With aviation and satellites, you can see your house from space.
Why did you check proof against evolution in a religion class? That belongs in Biology class, if it exists at all. Did you also check for proof against gravity in English class? And why would dinosaurs in Africa be proof against evolution?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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