Creationist classification of theropods

[Aggie]

I recently wrote this article as a guest post for the Panda's Thumb blog. I think the other people here might find it interesting: http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2016/11/creationist-class.html

I don't recall having seen anyone on this forum making the "all clearly feathered dinosaurs are actually birds" argument, but prior to my article this was a creationist argument that I felt hadn't received a proper response. I hope my article will come in handy if that argument ends up being used by any of the creationists at this forum.

EDIT: Article's URL has changed.

 

[Speedwell]

Good read, folks, especially for those who are interested in creation science as such.

 

[AV1611VET]

Good read, folks, especially for those who are interested in creation science as such.

That leaves me out.

 

[juvenissun]

I recently wrote this article as a guest post for the Panda's Thumb blog. I think the other people here might find it interesting: http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2016/11/creationist-cla.html

I don't recall having seen anyone on this forum making the "all clearly feathered dinosaurs are actually birds" argument, but prior to my article this was a creationist argument that I felt hadn't received a proper response. I hope my article will come in handy if that argument ends up being used by any of the creationists at this forum.

It is all about the criteria of classification.

If you do not think having feather is an important feature, then they are in different categories. If you think having feather is more important than other characters, then they are in the same category.

Very simple.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

It is all about the criteria of classification.

If you do not think having feather is an important feature, then they are in different categories. If you think having feather is more important than other characters, then they are in the same category.

Very simple.

No, that's not how it works.

 

[Mobezom]

Of course it is! Taxonomy is completely arbitrary, you know. It's not like there's any way of tracking lineages and clades... oh wait.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

I recently wrote this article as a guest post for the Panda's Thumb blog. I think the other people here might find it interesting: http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2016/11/creationist-cla.html

Excellent article, thanks!