Page 113 - Darwinism Refuted

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

More importantly, however, none of the structures illustrated in Sloan's
article that are claimed to be feathers have actually been proven to be
feathers. Saying that they are is little more than wishful thinking that has
been presented as fact. The statement on page 103 that "hollow, hairlike
structures characterize protofeathers" is nonsense considering that
protofeathers exist only as a theoretical construct, so that the internal
structure of one is even more hypothetical.
The hype about feathered dinosaurs in the exhibit currently on display at the
National Geographic Society is even worse, and makes the spurious claim
that there is strong evidence that a wide variety of carnivorous dinosaurs
had feathers. A model of the undisputed dinosaur Deinonychus and
illustrations of baby tyrannosaurs are shown clad in feathers, all of which is
simply imaginary and has no place outside of science fiction.
Sincerely,
Storrs L. Olson
Curator of Birds
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution 141
This revealing case demonstrates two important facts. First, there are
people who have no qualms about resorting to forgery in an effort to find
evidence for the theory of evolution. Second, some highly reputable
popular science journals, which have assumed the mission of imposing
the theory of evolution on people, are perfectly willing to disregard any
facts that may be inconvenient or have alternative interpretations. That is,
they have become little more than propaganda tools for propagating the
theory of evolution. They take not a scientific, but a dogmatic, stance and
knowingly compromise science to defend the theory of evolution to which
they are so strongly devoted.
Another important aspect of the matter is that there is no evidence for
the thesis that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Because of the lack of
evidence, either fake evidence is produced, or actual evidence is
misinterpreted. In truth, there is no evidence that birds have evolved from
another living species. On the contrary, all discoveries show that birds
emerged on the earth already in full possession of their distinctive body
structures.

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