Scientists find a fossil of a four-legged snake in Brazil and the fundies are claiming it as proof of Genesis 3:14 "So the LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.'"
If this is related to that verse, wouldn't that have happened back in the Garden of Eden? So snakes had legs back then, died (in Eden?) leaving this fossil behind, and then after sin came in and all that happened, bam they had no more legs afterward, just regular snakes.
I don't see how that timeline would work since there was no death before sin (no four-legged snake fossils then). Or maybe this losing-their-legs thing happened slowly over some generations?
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The italics describe a situation that is fundy yes.
This quote on the other hand seems to show skepticism and rational logic (in so much as it can be applied to Genesis). I'm sure there'd be a far more worthy candidate in that discussion thread.
"Or maybe this losing-their-legs thing happened slowly over some generations?"
And in the dark wasteland, a single light began to burn.
Getting there, Jannette. Just a little more reason, a little more thought, and you will have a breakthrough. Then, you will likely ditch the Rapture Ready crowd as you realize just how looney they are.
"Or maybe this losing-their-legs thing happened slowly over some generations?"
So close, yet so far. Deep down within a fundie not too far gone there is a rational mind waiting to escape. After all, when they have to make a moral decision on the spot to save their life, or someone else's, they do not have to consult with God over the best course of action; they act instinctively.
Or maybe this losing-their-legs thing happened slowly over some generations?
There's a word for that, it's on the tip of my tongue...
"Or maybe this losing-their-legs thing happened slowly over some generations?"
Aw man, if only there was a word for the slow process of life changing over many many generations. Ah well.
"Or maybe this losing-their-legs thing happened slowly over some generations?"
Sooooo close! I'll pray to great Atheismo that you'll see the light. Let's hope your fellow Crapture Ready idiots won't immediatly block you for this.
...Actually, now that I tink about it, Janette's probably safe. After all, these people think evolution is a dog randomly transforming into a shark. They probably won't be able to connect the dots.
Well, you finally approached the truth, Jannette, when you said "I don't see how that timeline would work". Right you are! It just doesn't work. S'pose your book got it wrong, right from the days of Adam and Eve? So why are you following their advice on anything at all?
If you're going to label Brazil as the garden of Eden, you're going to have to have to accept tectonic plate theory and a bunch of other science before you can shoehorn this into your myth.
BTW, nobody is particularly excited about this fossil. Since there are snakes with pelvic bones, having legs at one time is a foregone conclusion.
"I don't see how that timeline would work
So you expect reality to conform with your ignorance? Just becae you don't see how it would work, it couldn't possibly work? Good thing reality doesn't give a flying fuck about what you don't understand.
We've known for quite awhile now that snakes had legs in the distant past, you can still find vestigial leg structures in some species.
This specimen is a smoking gun, but not for Eden. Its just another trophy on the wall of proof for the Theory of Evolution.
To any creationists out there, face it, you lost.
...and if the rest of Ruptured Retards can now give an exact, precisely detailed scientific explanation - with peer reviewed diagrams, equations, formulae etc - as to how an immolating plant can have human speech abilities, then the Knights Who Say "Ni!" would prefer those over mere shrubbery . [/Doug Piranha-levels of sarcasm]
This new Biblical learning amazes me, o Raptards. Explain again, how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes?! X3
@ Dr. Razark
Let there be light!
Come on, Jannette, take the leap.
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