Sharon,

Evolution is a theory.  It is based upon what scientists think the fossil 
records reveal.  The theory is that we all once lived in the oceans as 
single cell creatures.  Eventually, after bumping into each other for 
millions of years, we became a gooey slimy substance which eventually 
floated up on a beech.  We just laid there in the sun for a long time until 
we got sick and tired of being just goo laying on a sandy beach.  So, we 
decided we better get out of the hot sun so we developed some appendages 
call legs.  This enabled us to crawl up into the shade where it was much 
more comfortable.  After a couple more millions of years, we got hungry so 
we developed a tiny mouth in order to eat tiny tiny, very tiny, insects 
which had been around for millions of years.  As millions of years passed, 
and our brains began to develop, we decided laying around on the ground with 
tiny little legs wasn't cutting the mustard so during deep yoga type 
meditative states of consciousness, we expanded our tiny little minds.  This 
afford us the mental ability to increase the length of our legs and later 
our arms and tiny hands.  We eventually evolved into the reptilian species. 
Since flies had grown into much larger creatures, we discovered how good 
they tasted and how much protein they contained but, dad gum it, wouldn't 
you know, they developed bigger wings and could perform amazing aerobatic 
maneuvers so we started dying from lack of food.  Putting our tiny brains to 
the task, we realized we need a long sticky tongue which could shoot out 
nearly the length of our bodies in order to snagged the flies and so it was. 
We grew larger as a result.  Eventually, millions of years later, we got 
sick of eating flies so we started climbing trees and catching larger and 
larger insects.  One day, one of us fell from the tree and got a terrible 
bump on the head hitting the ground but being as dedicated to life as we 
were, we climbed the tree again and a few million years later, one of us 
fell again.  Up the tree we climbed again but this time, we learned from our 
mistakes and we literally began jumping from the trees, arms and legs 
outstretched and turning like windmills to break our fall.  We practiced 
this for millions of years until it dawned us one day that wings work better 
than tiny arms and legs whirling around so we began to develop feathers on 
our little arms.  Soon, we couldn't stop the process and our entire bodies 
were covered with feathers.  By this stage of growth and development, we 
learn, by trial and error, some of us dying in the process, that we could 
glide farther and farther away from the coconut trees we now used as our 
above ground homes.  Eventually, flapping our arms, now covered in feathers, 
we learned we could literally fly and so we did.  We even began migrating 
across oceans and vast land masses which we later called continents.  The 
world, we discovered was filled with bugs of all types and we ate until our 
bellies were full.  One day, one of us, we had taken up calling ourselves 
birds by this time, lost our footing up in the branches of a tree but our 
bird tail snagged itself on the branch and kept us from doing a header right 
off the tree branch to our death far below.  Over the next 20 million years, 
we began to develop softer tails because we rubbed them on the tree branches 
practicing gripping the branches with our tails in case we lost our balance 
once again.  With all the extra food we had been eating, we decided fruits 
were better for us so we developed our wings into arms and dexterous hands 
with little fingers.  We even developed fur for warmth and soon our bird 
feathers were gone and our tails were long and curly so we could literally 
swing from branch to branch as we collected hanging fruit.  One day, 
millions of years into the future, one of us climbed down because we found a 
little cave.  It was really a small entrance but one of us pushed through 
and the top of our head scraped against the roof of the cave entrance just a 
small amount.  We found fresh water and fish in the caves and we learned the 
staying in the caves kept us from getting wet from the big thunderstorms. 
Some female animals, we now called ourselves monkeys for some reason instead 
of lizards or birds, started joining the male monkeys in the small caves and 
wouldn't you know it, they started having baby monkeys somehow.  Yet, the 
cave opening was small and the male monkeys kept scrapping their heads on 
the ceiling of the cave entrances until eventually, the male monkeys had 
rubbed all the fur off the tops of their heads and they were bald.  The 
result of this amazing story can now be discovered at any college or 
university of your choice because the bald headed man standing up in front 
of your class and teaching this garbage is now called, a professor.

Phil.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: Birds Of A Feather


> 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?