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What exactly do you mean with 'doesn't fit the slideshow' here? There are all kinds of different animals that wouldn't fit your slideshow then... Take for example the billions of insects, bugs and more specialistic creatures like the cameleon



The point is is that slideshows don't matter. Humans are great at recognizing patterns, so we've figured out a pattern to life. What I'm concerned with is the foundational reasoning behind why people believe these animals transitioned in such a way.

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The lack of 'missing links', intermediate forms etc. is a non-argument, there are plenty of those available



So what's the intermediate between the prehistoric horse, and whatever animal that came from? I'm not seriously questioning you, I'd just like to know. I didn't think there was one.

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You imply it's illogic, I think it's perfectly reasonable.



But its not definitive proof. Its just something evolutionists think is a side effect of evolution.

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I think this is kinda outdated too... We now much more about 14C now, 14C in the atmosphere can contaminate it...



The atmosphere that's below ground?

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1. New 14C is formed from background radiation, such as radioactivity in the surrounding rocks. In some cases, 14C from the atmosphere can contaminate a sample. A few processes that can add "modern" 14C to coal are:

* Sulfur bacteria, which commonly grow in coal.
* Secondary carbonates from groundwater that form on fracture surfaces.
* Whewellite, a carbon-containing mineral, that often forms as coal weathers.

Minute amounts of contamination from these sources can cause apparent ages around 50,000 years, which is near the limit of the maximum age that carbon dating can measure.



These are just explanations. Nothing has been proved yet. Its pretty slick wording on their part. They give the possibilities and then say, "Minute amounts of contamination from these sources CAN [emphasis added of course] cause..." Sure, they can. But we haven't proved that its the source, and even if they have contaminated the coal, we have to prove that its consistent with what we find in the coal. Be patient.

I'm not saying we won't find out this was contaminated. Frankly, this isn't really that great of an example compared to the other really great examples of discrepencies. Its just something to ponder.

What I find more incriminating is the circular reasoning employed with the geological strata.

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