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Yes, he does, and he doesn't believe in your silly creation story, and he doesn't appreciate having his words twisted to make it look like he does. He was so mad that he wrote this passage to refute that particular quote-mine:
That it is impossible to trace direct lineages of ancestry and descent from the fossil record should be self-evident. Ancestors must exist, of course -- but we can never attribute ancestry to any particular fossil we might find. Just try this thought experiment -- let's say you find a fossil of a hominid, an ancient member of the human family. You can recognize various attributes that suggest kinship to humanity, but you would never know whether this particular fossil represented your lineal ancestor - even if that were actually the case. The reason is that fossils are never buried with their birth certificates. Again, this is a logical constraint that must apply even if evolution were true -- which is not in doubt, because if we didn't have ancestors, then we wouldn't be here. Neither does this mean that fossils exhibiting transitional structures do not exist, nor that it is impossible to reconstruct what happened in evolution. [...]In addition, the use by creationists of selective, unauthorized quotations, possibly with intent to mislead the public undermines their position as self-appointed guardians of public values and morals.
Quote-mining is a type of lie. People who do it are called liars. Are you a liar? If not, then stop quote-mining. It would be as if I took your quote: "The writer of genesis was not a scientist," and used it to show that you oppose creationism. Not very nice, is it? Stop doing it, if you value your credibility or care at all about honesty.
