"During these millions of years , they will be undeveloped , simply masses attached to the dinosaur , and totally useless ."
"Do you have any evidence that this is so ? Why would they be totally useless - is it just because you ca n't imagine a use ? Why do you think that a small , quick dinosaur with relatively long arms ( not like the short useless arms of T. rex that could n't even reach its mouth ) with three very sharp claws would be useless ? Look at this picture . http : //research.amnh.org/vertpaleo/feather18.jpg Those do n't look like totally useless masses to me . The problem is that you imagine that wings sprouted from nothing and must have been useless until they were fully formed as you think they should be . That 's not the case . They did n't spring from nothing as useless masses . They were the front limbs , with quite impressively clawed , grasping hands . They could have even been used for climbing , as is the case of hoatzins that have claws on their wings until they get their primary flight feathers . The could have been used for grasping food that they were able to catch because of the speed assist from imprefectly formed wings . You propose yet another `` I just ca n't imagine how it happened so it must not be true `` creationist argument ."
"During these millions of years , they will be undeveloped , simply masses attached to the dinosaur , and totally useless ."
"Do you have any evidence that this is so ? Why would they be totally useless - is it just because you ca n't imagine a use ?"