Dec 23 2005
‘Splain This to Me, Mr. Evolutionist
Recently on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, scientists found a trove of dodo bones. The dodo was a flightless bird that was easy prey for dogs, rodents and other critters. Softpedia has an interesting piece about the discovery and its implications for those who study flightless dead birds.
The thing that caught my eye was this tidbit:
[The] bird appeared around 25 million years ago, before Mauritius became an island. Its ancestor is a bird which still exists, called the Rodrigues Solitaire.
In the evolutionist construct, why would an extinct bird have an ancestor which didn’t evolve - and still exists today? Macro-evolution implies change toward increasing complexity and a more perfect form. The dodo is a more perfect form?
The Dutch called it “Walgvogel, meaning “the disgusting bird”, due to the unpleasant taste and texture of its meat. The bird’s extinction was caused by the introduction of foreign animals such as dogs, pigs, rats and monkeys that plundered the nests of dodos.
A “disgusting bird” that doesn’t taste good, can’t fly and is easy prey doesn’t sound like a more perfect beast.
Explain that to me, please.
It’s easier for me to understand a critter created by God, warts and all, for His purposes than to believe that it evolved randomly in a blind march to “perfection”.
