Scientists found a sparrow sized pterodactyl. This is what happened to dinosaurs that were huge before the flood. When the airpressure dropped dramatically, they could not grow large anymore. They only grew small and generally died out. Interesting find...
Though this can always be interpreted different ways depending on who's interpreting this find...
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I thought dinosaurs died out during the flood? Or before. Or after. Or all of the above, depending on what you're trying to prove.
And wouldn't greater airpressure create more resistance to growth, favouring smaller creatures before the flood?
Yeah, fundies finding this fossil would say that god put it there to test them. Man, he has one crummy sense of humor.
Really guys ? Really ? Come on why would god do that, is he like the lamest prankster ever.
"Though this can always be interpreted different ways depending on who's interpreting this find..."
Such as the way that fundies interpret it, ie the wrong way.
"Though this can always be interpreted different ways depending on who's interpreting this find..."
You're right. I can interpret that these sparrow-sized pterodactyls came from the planet Jupiter to rule the world but were then wiped out by a severe case of diarrhea which they developed no immunity to. We can make all the interpretations we want, doesn't make them correct.
That's a hatchling, BrianC. Baby animals tend to be smaller than adults; I guess they don't teach that in Fundie Biology.
Also, air pressure doesn't work that way.
". . . this can always be interpreted different ways depending on who's interpreting this find..."
Yes. Is there a single teen Christian who has the slightest grasp of physics, biology, history, geography, media studies, or anything else more taxing than sweeping burger store floors? This idiot can spell 'pterodactyl', but he probably just cut and pasted that.
Brian's source of scientific discovery is Weekly Reader .
Even more interesting is that this bird is also nearly 120 million years old , an age that most of them will reject because it is not consistent with their world view.
Again, we have those who wish to invoke science when it supports them, but deny its conclusions when it leads to a non-religous conclusion.
Well for one thing, the air pressure conspiracy is bullshit.
Secondly, I would think that a lower air pressure would yield larger animals, not the way around.
The sparrow-sized pterodactyl is probably evidence that they were very small flying or winged dinosaurs.
Is this the standing theory for all small things? Hummingbirds, mice, dwarves, midgets.....???? Or is there another Super christian theory lurking out there?
When the airpressure dropped dramatically, they could not grow large anymore.
Where in the Bible does it say the air pressure dropped? This was just invented out of thin air. What evidence is there that changes in air pressure affect the size of animals? The blue whale, the largest animal that ever lived, is still alive today. Most dinosaurs weren't that big. We get the impression that they're big because the big ones make the most spectacular museum exhibits. The fossil record shows that mammals grew much bigger after the dinosaurs were wiped out.
"Yes. Is there a single teen Christian who has the slightest grasp of physics, biology, history, geography, media studies, or anything else more taxing than sweeping burger store floors? This idiot can spell 'pterodactyl', but he probably just cut and pasted that."
Yes, there is. A fundie with the slightest grasp of anything more taxing than sweeping floors may be harder to find, but there are reasonable and well educated christians, I assure you.
"Though this can always be interpreted different ways depending on who's interpreting this find... "
Yeah. And I think I'll wait to hear how someone who ISN'T a total dumbshit interprets this.
Or maybe I'll wait until someone actually verifies that what they're interpreting isn't a total fabrication to begin with.
Or both!
"When the airpressure dropped dramatically, they could not grow large anymore"
Well... A higher air pressure would make them kinda buoyant and flight would be easier...
But this is still unsupported, not to mention THERE WAS NEVER A FUCKING CANOPY OF WATER, nor would it necessarily increase air pressure...
All in all, it's kinda like saying, "I'll bet my computer would work faster if I overclocked my television."
This is utter bullshit, it isn't in the bible, it isn't in a science text book, it is completely pulled out of your ass.
Are you allowed to go onto these boards and ask for bible references? I know they're not going to give you a scientific reference, but I want biblical references for this bullshit.
You're right. Idiots interpret findings in idiotic ways.
And yes, the complete irony is that you just gave a hypothetical situaton of EVOLUTION, albeit one that does not make any sense and is false.
Pterodactyls were mainly "small". The same reason why birds are small when they fly. Because ostriches CANNOT FLY.
And there are plenty of "small dinosaurs". Most were normal sized, its just that when we say "dinosaur" you think T Rex.
And we don't let you interpret it because you are some sort of moron!
yeah, about that. I think most people would interpret a small pterodactyl to be a baby, or perhaps upon further study, not a pterodactyl at all.
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