At no point have you provided credible evidence that ID is indicative of reality.
Actually, at no point has RM explained even his view of what ID means in this case (if that is what he is argueing).
Here is a guess at what he is saying:
God about 50 million or so years ago wiped out some mostly terrestrial animals that possessed some characteristics that, today, only the cetaceans possess. God then, a bit later, created in one fell swoop some more animals that were somewhat less terrestrial and possessed cetacean characteristics (somewhat more so than the earlier ones). God then wiped these unfortunates out too.
After sometime God decided to make some more animals that were not very terrestrial at all (one suspects it was planed to keep trying this until he got it right so there would be something to swallow Jonah). These were more like the whale he needed for Jonah but after some millions of years (he takes his time on making decisions) he decided to wipe these out too.
Then he created a number of different animals that were fully aquatic, very like today’s cetaceans but not exactly like today’s whales. These too, for some reason that we inadequate humans can't understand weren't quite right either. (At this point in my projects I give up and hire someone who knows what they are doing.)
He wiped this guys out and sat back to think it through for a million or two years (maybe he even read the instructions at this point).
Finally, just few million years ago, he had it figured out and got it right. Jonah had his ride and things have been left alone since then.
Maybe that isn't the scenario RM means but he sure hasn't given much in the way of clues to try to guess. I thought I'd help out by offering one that he might like more than the evolutionary explanation. It has lots of God-did-it so maybe he will.
ABE
Cleaned up some worse than usual typos, etc.
This message has been edited by NosyNed, 01-05-2006 05:04 PM