TOKYO – Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land….Fossil remains show dolphins and whales were four-footed land animals about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. Scientists believe they later transitioned to an aquatic lifestyle and their hind limbs disappeared.

This article reminded me that all men live by faith. The question remains, what is the object of that faith. If we find a fish like this in the White River, we would probably attribute it to pollution in the water. If a dog is born this way, we trace it back to inbreeding. But when our system of beliefs says that things have evolved we try and turn an extra flipper into the remains of a leg. Are there other links between the fossils of what they believe to be dolphins and this dolphin with an extra set of fins? Or could it be that this is the first found in 2000 or 50 million years? Scientist may call this proof or potential proof, but I would call it faith. If we refuse to have faith in God as creator, savior, and judge, we will ultimately have to place our faith in human knowledge or theory.

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