Why do atheists hate the noble Duckbilled Playtpus?

Actually, it's *not* an example of some kind of "transitional species." It's an organism that evolved to be what it is.

The folly of creationist claims demanding "transitional species" is that there really is no such thing. They consider such a thing to be, literally, "transitional" -- not an actual evolved creature that's suited to its environment at the time, but something ephemeral that ONLY exists as a middle position between one thing and another thing -- with the later thing being, in their minds, some kind of "ultimate goal." The entire premise is incorrect, because evolution has no "goal" in mind, and every single living thing is, during its time, a complete creature suited to its environment.

You want to see a transitional species? Look in the mirror. Look at *any* living creature -- every single one of them is evolved to be what it is now, and its offspring in the future may be different. So each is "transitional" in an evolutionary sense, and none is "transitional" in a creationist sense.

Peace.

Atheist fundies hate the Duck billed Platypus, that to me is a lot of old cobblers. And Calvinist fundies love

the old King James, not entirely true. We used the 'Authorised Bible in Sunday School.' In the war years it

was all I knew. Being Born again at the age of 40, I used my mothers for some time , then the Revised Standard, then the New King James. I love the KJ, and the NKJ. In the KJ's it's the old english language

I love. If this makes me a Calvinist, I love being labelled, and I haven't laid a egg yet, am I in transition yet,

for I know not if I'm a mammal. I leave that to you experts.

Pee - Wee. the Old Yoke.

"Why do atheists hate the noble Duckbilled Playtpus"

We do? Wow, thanks for telling me, otherwise I wouldn't know I hated the creature.

Creationists have brought it up several times as proof of ccreation and have been shot down by evolutionary biologists every time.

I've never yet met a noble duckbilled platypus that I didn't like.

"atheists hate the noble Duckbilled Playtpus" - I didn't realise that they did,

The platty is such a cute looking animal, very rare in the wild and a real treat to see one.

I dont hate any duck billed platypus's

It is not a transitional species, it is a marsupial

There are a few other monotreme mammal species, too. But I think you are misunderstanding what "transitional" means in this context.

The only way to beat the liberals at their own game is to promote the use of the term

"Christianophobia" http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/11/03/chri...

Atheist fundamentalists like to stick with Darwin in the same way that Calvinist fundamentalists like the King James Bible. A transitional species couldn't survive on strict Darwinian evolution. If laying eggs has an evolutionary advantage, we'd all do it. If it has an evolutionary disadvantage, the platypus would have given up aeons ago.

On the other hand, the Bible doesn't mention what God got up to on his day off. Perhaps he thought he'd confuse us. Please, nobody mention the Echidna.

Perry the platypus.