Re: Newspapers & **Dinosaurs** (posted for A. Gombos)

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From: Andy.M.Gombos@EXXON.sprint.com
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 12:31:37 -0400
To: FPEXMAIL-PALEONE1 <paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Newspapers & **Dinosaurs**
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I could not have said it better.  Thank you!

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Subject: Re: Newspapers & **Dinosaurs**

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I think not.  More likely just one misinformed reporter.

#1  There were no problems with geologic age in my Geology class at a
Catholic College.

#2  Bishop Usher was an Anglican bishop.

#3  The travel page of a newspaper is not where I look for doctrine.

Fred

On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Christopher Whittle wrote:

> That is the catholic interpretation of big dead extinct things.  Although
> the Catholics should know better.  Doesn't that mastodon predate Bishop
> Usher's origin of the earth?  Is this blasphemy published by an arm of
> the Holy See?
>
> On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Dr. Fred J. Gunther wrote:
>
> >
> > All:
> >
> > Looks like reporters can't get anything right.  The following was printed
> > in **The Catholic Review** (Baltimore MD), on the travel page for
Wednesday,
> > August 1995.
> >
> > Quote>>
> > For families with elementary school-aged children, the first hidden
> > treasure begins with a search for dinosaur bones.  It ends a few blocks
> > from the Eastman House at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.  Up on
> > the second floor, the Fairview Mastodon is on display.  The
> > 11,600-year-old bones, ..., are now neatly arranged and labeled.
> > >>endquote
> >
> > Thus, in the popular press, a Mastodon is a dinosaur  (;^[)
> >
> > Fred
> >
>

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