Hi,Sharon,

I am not Mr.Phil but dinosaurs and birds are very very closely 
related. for one, the skelletons of some birdlike dinosaurs were very 
similar to almost identical to that of the early birds - no pun 
intended <g> - and some dinosaurs had feathers, too.

As I said in my earlier post on the subject, an Archeopteryx fossil 
(this was a very early bird that still had claws on its wings and a 
bony tail) was mistaken as a dinosaur fossil for several decades 
because some feather imprints in the fossil plate were overlooked.

there is a species of birds living today (of the chicken family if I 
remember correctly) that still has claws on its wings and climbs 
bushes and trees with these and then sort of hanglides from its pirch.

I don't really want to open a can of worms. I know that many 
conservative Christians reject the Theory of Evolution and I disagree 
with some of my dearest friends on this subject.. It's just for me 
the Theory of Evolution, while being and remaining a theory, is the 
theory about creation  that makes the most sense. I have never 
understood why an omniscient and omnipotent god should not be able to 
choose to create thru evolution.

This said, it fascinates me to see that as much as humanity strives 
to understand our origian  and how we got to be here, even our most 
scientific efforts give us only glimpses of the wonder of creation 
and our understanding of it will always remain theoretical until the 
day we see the Lord face to face. I've always been intersted and 
fascinated with paleontology and paleonthropology and have followed 
and read on the subject. I know that theories and our understanding 
on the subject has changed, some of it quite drastically, even over 
the just 40-plus years of my lifetime thus far.

Take care and god Bless,

Doris


At 05:25 PM 10/4/2009 -0600, you wrote:
>Phil,
>
>Where do you think they get the idea that dinosaurs evolved into 
>birds?  Is it because of their scales and protective plates that 
>look like feathers?
>
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