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The Coelocanth (spelling) is an ancient fish...we know this because we carbon dated fossils from it that date back millions of years....oh wait...nevermind...we have live specimens in the ocean now...wow our carbon dating is so accurate!! There are SO many holes in the "fact" that the earth is millions of years old it's ridiculous...the Bible is THE Truth...Believe it.

filmluvr81, IMDb 40 Comments [2/27/2007 12:00:00 AM]
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#171441
R. Sherman

The coelocanth is a freshwater fish.

2/28/2007 4:10:21 AM
#171485
ZugTheMegasaurus

Same logic: my grandfather cannot possibly be 85 years old like his birth certificate says because he is still alive today. That makes him only as old as today. Right?

2/28/2007 5:54:36 AM
#171493
Redhunter

@Flipper: That's what I thought, too. There is just so much wrong, that I can't imagine where to start.

So I'll just laugh and point.

2/28/2007 6:15:08 AM
#171523
Matilde

Why do these idiot fundies think that the ultimate argument for discrediting evolution is the fact that monkeys still exist or things, for that matter, still exist?. It seems that they are fond of getting rid of whatever has been before.

2/28/2007 8:28:33 AM
#171526
jo_27e

do you know how long it takes to form fossils?

2/28/2007 8:35:16 AM
#171540
The Jamo

So you found an old fossil of a fish that has representative of its species alive today. What's your point?

And what the fuck has any of it got to do with the bible?

2/28/2007 9:41:20 AM
#171554
cheapthrills

I found some fossils in my fridge.
I should clean more often.

2/28/2007 11:17:31 AM
#171563
glyptodon

Carbon dating doesn't work on that sort of timescale, dumbass. Radiometric dating of other elements does, however, as do things like index fossils and stratigraphy.

2/28/2007 11:49:41 AM
#171607
jouster

Fundie Logic:

New evidence challenges previously held scientific norms == Teh Babble is RIGHT!

Scientific logic:

New evidence challenges previously held scientific norms == new evidence requires modifications in theory or, in extreme cases, a new theory.

2/28/2007 12:59:05 PM
#171659
Mister Spak

I bet you didn't know carbon dating only works back about 50,000 years. Wow your knowledge of science is SO impressive. Tell me where you go when you fall off the edge of the earth.

2/28/2007 2:15:17 PM
#568348
DGen

it's called a living fossil idiot

7/1/2008 11:03:58 PM
#1415828
Quantum Mechanic

Bible's a forgery.

6/23/2012 7:17:31 AM
#1416081
Canadiest

They love to think this is relevant. The fact is we, scientific discovery had discovered ancient fossils of the Coelocanth years before a living one was ever captured, so for years it appeared to be an extinct species. No fraudulent agenda, no scam or dishonesty, just the facts at hand from one period to the next. So? Fundies love to hype this up as some sort of failure in science, shows you how little they have in the way of valid arguments.

And the modern species has been examined and found to have slight differences from the ancient specimens. Some things don't change much over long periods, some do, being an ancient species there are likely several other fish that are decended from the Coelocanth while one group survived mostly unchanged.

6/24/2012 7:55:47 AM
#1416995
Justanotheratheist

So some species have survived more or less unchanged for millions of years.

Whoopee doo. We knew that already, and anyway WTF does it have to do with carbon dating?

6/26/2012 11:33:09 PM
#1416997


Erm, the fossils are STILL just as old as they were dated to be, regradless of whether there is live specimens or not.
Does your great grandfather's bones become younger because you're alive, stupid?

6/26/2012 11:42:39 PM
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