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From: fritz@phri.UUCP (Dave Fritzinger)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 10:42:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 10:42:52 1985
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> Do these "vestigal" organs show "pregression" or "regression". 
I think that you, and by that I mean most creationists, tend to look at 
these things wrong.  The sort of thing that we have been discussing, that
is to say vestigal leg-bones in whales, represent neither progression nor
regression.  What they do represent is adaption to new circumstances (also
known as *Natural Selection*).  Since the legs serve no purpose in the water,
but streamlining is a definite advantage.  By the way, even if it is 
regression that is taking place, the bottom line is still the same-formation
of new species!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That sounds like evolution to me.
-- 
Dave Fritzinger
Public Health Research Institute
NY,NY
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