Archaeopteryx: Transition Between Dinosaurs And Birds

The act of creation has been hotly contested by many over the years. This denial of the biblical account of crea-tion has increased in intensity, especially since the nineteenth century, by such erring souls as Charles Darwin, who initiated the theory of evolution.

The elongated arm bones that support the wing evolved in the first coelurosaur, which probably looked like ornitholestes. As far as we know feathers are unique to birds, but this doesn’t mean that birds are not dinosaurs. Because birds belong to the group called dinosaurs, it follows that birds are feathered dinosaurs. The closest known evolutionary relatives of birds are some of the small carnivorous dinosaurs, such as velociraptor, ornitholestes, and deinonychus. The difference between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and Apatosaurus is that almost everything about Tyrannosaurus Rex indicates enormous power of one of the largest theropod dinosaurs that ever existed. They have a 4-foot-long jaw, 6-inch-long teeth and massive thighbones. It is the largest and most fearsome carnivore of all time. The fossil was originally arranged so that the dinosaur stood

Subclass – Archeorinthes –*Fossil birds (Jurassic birds of Mesozoic Age). *Flight feathers present. *Long tail without a pygostyle. *Carpals and metacarpals free. *Abdominal ribs present. *Hand reduced to three digits.

Creationism is the acceptance that the universe and living organisms originate from definite acts of divine creation, as in the Biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution. A creationist is someone who dismisses scientific explanations for the origin of life and the universe, preferring a hypothesis of supernatural creation by God. The considerable amount of creationists in the United States are fundamentalist Christian Protestants, but there are creationists of other denominations as well. Creationism was the default hypothesis before Charles Darwin’s, but when the theory of evolution was proposed, its superior support and explanation led it to quickly win scientists over. Contrary to creationist, today there is no deliberate scientific debate

The belief I mostly identify myself with is Intelligent Design. Intelligent design is a creed that “life has an intelligent source” which is stated in the Pandas textbook. (2) The ideology of intelligent design is not “derived from faith, rather it is a scientific theory which uses the scientific method to make and substantiate its claims.” ("Intelligent Design is based upon the Scientific Method, Not Blind Faith") Most intelligent design “proponents believe in the God of the Bible but that has no effect on intelligent design owing to the fact “intelligent design does not try to identify whether the designer is natural or supernatural.” ("Intelligent Design is based upon the Scientific Method, Not Blind Faith") Even though some Darwinists try to link intelligent design to creationism it is only through the scientific method, “ via observations of the natural world, is used to conclude that life was designed, and that there is no appeal to the supernatural, and no reliance upon faith or divine revelation (including any religious text)” is a direct contradiction to creationism since the belief of creationism is based on the book of

Theists believe God is the ruler of the world and is the cause for all changes on the Earth. Natural selection and random mutations causing the majority of evolutionary change, causes many theists to at first disregard the theory of evolution. Many theists while not believing solely in evolution do believe in guided evolution. Guided evolution discusses God’s plan for the world and how God causes all changes in species. God guides the species’ evolution due to his all-powerful nature. He makes specific mutations appear at the right times for his plan.

Birds are descendants of theropod dinosaurs. In the article, “ A Chicken with Dinosaur Legs? Scientists say that’s not so Strange,”it mentions that dinosaur embryos and chicken embryos have similarities. Today, chicks inside eggs have dinosaur fibulas for a short period of time, it disappears before it hatches. This evidence suggests that dinosaurs and chickens are indeed related. The evidence suggest this because during the embryo phase they share similar features. You many wonder how this may support my claim but since chicken are birds the evidence proves that chickens came from those magnificent creatures. The only thing that stopped the chicken from developing the features were a few genes. Another piece of evidence from the video “The

Darwinism considers itself a science, that uses scientific methodology for explanations. Darwinist believe in biological evolution that changed in all living things throughout the history of life on earth. Their theory explains all living creatures share a common ancestor(s) and over periods of time new species began to emerge or as they say, ‘evolve’. Now to the creation side. Creationist and their science derives from the principle of most Abrahamic religions or monotheist religions. The majority of monotheistic religions have the same story God created the universe, humans, animals and all living things in a certain time frame. Creationists claim that all living organisms began as distinct and completely separate organisms when they were created by God hence, they do not believe organisms change or evolve into a new species or a better species through evolution. Creationists also do not believe that single-celled organisms evolved into or turned into a more complex plant or a more complex animal, which will eventually evolve into humans or Homo Sapiens. Creationists continuously use scientific evidence in supporting their arguments against Darwinism even though their theory is based on belief not science. Other than just criticizing evolution, Creationists are also constantly seeking their own scientific evidence, to support the creation side of the argument and prove that Genesis is the correct account on how the world came along. The problem in this is that Creationists are sometimes crossing that boundary between religion which isn't an effective comparison because religion is not required to provide any proof because it is a belief but science does. Some scientists and Darwinists counter by going against the Bible. Scientists doing this are also crossing

Creationists believe in a divine creator, God. Creationism has a broad range of beliefs involving a reliance on God's miraculous work to explain the origin of the universe, of life, and of the different kinds of plants and animals on Earth. According to the creationist view, God willed everything into existence, and this is how humans came onto the Earth. Creationists say that the evolution theory is biased and incomplete. They believe that the fossil records fail to provide a link between diverse groups. To find out how old fossils are, scientists use a method called radioisotope dating, which measures the amount of uranium or lead lost over the years.

However, there is an “in-between” belief, known as Intelligent Design. Intelligent design not only agrees with science but considers religious involvement; the term caters to both beliefs harmonically. Stating the acceptation of evolution to create our species on this planet, creationism is accepted in the belief that some things were possibly guided by an intelligent being, supernatural force, or God, in order to create a successful complexity. (Betty Stafford) Considering the standpoint of IT’s belief, it is the perfect view for anyone with an open-minded outlook, which of whom does not believe in an definite explanation for our upbringing. Although in partial agreement with the scientific community, IT disapproves of the Darwinist theory. This theory believes in “lucky genetic accidents” in terms of natural selection, meaning that while Darwinism presumes that natural selection did create our complexity, these “lucky accidents” were not based on just luck and chance. (Betty Stafford) Intelligent design concludes that such accidents were actually decisions that may have been made by our intelligent creator or God. (Betty Stafford) Within Intelligent Design’s the position, the two beliefs of evolution and creationism exist in perfect inclusion in the fact that not one theory is more accepted than

The dispute between the facts of how human beings and the universe were created, prevails for several years, and is a factor that currently remains controversial. Evolutionists and creationist affirm different theories about the existence of God, the existence of fossils and finally the theory of the Big Bang, which was introduced by evolutionists, as the main cause of the universe appearance and further development. As a result, the debates between evolutionists and creationists seem to be far from its finale because their arguments are completely opposite. However, evolutionists, who believed that life evolved the smallest and most primitive organisms, they ignore the fact that all things were created by a higher authority; fortunately, humanity 's faith in God was strong enough to announce evolutionists that God created everything, which proves that the creationist theory is therefore, higher.

Each individual has his or her own ideas and thoughts that may not correspond exactly to the main ideas within evolution or creationism. Both creationism and evolutionism are present in many cultures and religious affiliations. A very popular belief among modern individuals is that the ideas of both evolution and creationism are where our origins arise. One of the more admired forms of this idea is that god created the earth and life on earth from matter, but some higher power is also the mechanism of evolution and that god intervenes in actions on earth by deciding the fate of certain species (god creates mutations). This belief is known by most as theistic evolution. There are various other theories present in both the religious and scientific community that try to connect the ideas of evolution with biblical texts and ideas. The debate behind evolution vs. creationism is all about people trying to figure out the origin of life and where everything came to

The reason birds lived when the dinosaurs died? Seeds, scientists say is written by Kate Allen. This article talk about how the birds ancestors survived on of the worst days on this planet which is when the asteroid collided with earth.

If the question was posed as to what is the debate between creationism vs. evolution consist of, the thought that it is ‘“God did it” vs. “Natural processes did it,”’ (Scott, 2004) may arise. Science cannot absolutely prove or disprove Creation or Evolution. Yet scientist and the remainder of society use creationism and evolution to prove our existence. Creationist believe in the Christian account of the origin as recorded in Genesis. Creationism is the belief that statements such as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (NIV) found in Genesis 1:1 and also “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (NIV) found in John 1:1. Evolution is the belief that everything just changed over

In the history of science vs. religion there have been no issues more intensely debated than evolution vs. creationism. The issue is passionately debated since the majority of evidence is in favor of evolution, but the creation point of view can never be proved wrong because of religious belief. Human creation breaks down into three simple beliefs; creation theory, naturalistic evolution theory, and theistic evolution theory. The complexities of all three sides create a dilemma for what theory to support among all people, religious and non-religious.