This bat thing people raise a lot, as if they have a point of some kind!
Yes, the bible is not inerrant
Right, silly as it may be, I think you may be right, that could be their attempted point! Thanks.
Because they're not birds
I say they are.
Why is it silly to believe it is?
Because it's an obviously mythical account that goes against both common sense and science.
No, not at all, you have been misinformed. The bible fits hand in glove with science! Where many have had it wrong, was thinking that the past was as now, rather than the merged spiritual/physical world it was.
The generally accepted one based on logic, evidence, and observations.
Based on evolutionary preconceptions. True, it has been widespread, time to nip that puppy, however.
Adam's day? What in the world are you talking about? Bats are just rodents that evolved wings out of their forepaws.
So say you. Can you prove it? No, The world was created in a week, in Adam's day. Whales never came from some rodent like creature, etc. This is nonsense. Now if you had some proof that bats evolved, I would be interested in that. If this was the case, then it was hyper evolution, which was easy in the merged universe, but so far, you havn't demonstrated a thing, but reciting evo party lines.
Dinosaurs were, according to old orthodox, reptiles, a class which has cold blood and scaly, dry skin (birds are feathered and warmblooded), though recent theories suggest that they may have had feathers too.
Let us know when you make up your mind on that one.
The platypus is in its own unique class, but since it fits all of the mammalian categories (a placenta and fur), it is considered a mammal.
Ha. I thought God may have made that weird thing for a reason! If it can be considered both, so can a bat! Period!
Don't try to redefine science based on your precious book. It won't work.
Don't kid yourself, it is already written in the stars. And the definition is in on science falsely so called. It is speculations of our future or past, based on the BELIEF that only the physical universe existed or will exist then.
I disbelieve the Bible because evidence tells me that many of the assertions the Bible makes or implies are either false, metaphorical, or are based on archaic beliefs that themselves have been either disproved or modified.
Well, this archaic belief of yours needs to be modified.
So, catfish have scales, and sharks? Of course fish are watergoing, I think we can agree on that much, however! Who says fish must have a certain blood temperature? Who says that temperature was the same in the garden of eden? You?
A minor point.
Hey, I was only responding to YOUR definitions here. Minor as they may be.
They refer to whether or not an animal can regulate its own internal temperature
So we determine when God made something by whether He made it to regulate it's own temperature or not? On a certain day of creation, only those who could regulate their own temperature were made? Do you realize how silly this sounds?
And, when I said "fish" I meant traditional fish, phylum Osteicthes. Sharks are not quite fish in the same way as, say, tuna, but rather belong to phylum Chondroicthyes, a group of watergoing, gilled, coldblooded creatures that have skeletons formed entirely out of cartilage which also includes rays and skates.
Yeah, right, blah blah, 64 dollar word, blah blah, if, except, but, blah blah, God was wrong blah blah...
And lastly, please stop applying the arguments I supply to the literal account of Genesis, since that story is not actually true.
Despite your desperate proclamation, I have to say, it actually is God's honest truth!
Kindly stop using arguments based on "Adam's day" and the "Garden of Eden." If you do, you are beginning your arguments on false premises.
Kindly stop asking me to deny a truth you cannot disprove.
A fish (traditional fish, not shark or ray) is a coldblooded, bony, scaled creature with gills. A cetacean has a placenta, hair, and an endothermic system. The only reason a whale can't support itself on land is a) they are not equipped to get food on land, since they have evolved for an oceanic lifestyle, and b) the larger whales tend to collapse under the weight of their own skeleton, a skeleton ideally suited for water but too bulky and heavy for land.
Right, in other word, like any other fish, it will die, as it was not designed for land! So sharks are not fish, at least traditional fish, as are not rays, or dolphins or whales, blah blah. Basically the only real fish sre those evolution dreams evolved out of each other! Preposterous. If God says it is a fish, it isn't, because it just isn't "traditional" boo hoo.