Reptiles evolving into Birds

Nobody has ever made claim to stating which order of reptiles were responsible for the evolution of the reptiles into birds. Again, it becomes an article of faith. Not only would the whole reptilian skeleton have to be transformed; there would also have to be a completely different nervous system, digestive system, eliminatory system, a radically different muscular system (with the addition of different muscles for flight), as well as feet evolving into aerodynamically shaped wings and scales evolving into wonderful feathers. There is absolutely no evidence to support this! It is accepted on pure faith.

Thus the question arises:- What about archaeopteryx? Is archaeopteryx a link between bird and reptile? Let us touch upon this question:

Archaeopteryx had teeth. All birds of the cretaceous period had teeth. Archaeopteryx had a long jointed tail; a peculiar tail, although it proves nothing. Archaeopteryx had small claws on his wing tips. There are two modern birds however with claws on their wing tips.

Firstly, reptiles are cold blooded and birds are warm-blooded. Archaeopteryx was fully warm-blooded.

Secondly, Sir Gavin Beer has listed the published papers of scientists on archaeopteryx. Six call him lizard, eight intermediate and thirty-seven classify him as a bird.

Horns, hooves and hair happen often, but feathers happen once only, and only to birds; only birds have feathers and archaeopteryx had perfect feathers and could fly.

Enigma of evolution - simple bird feathers.

Feathers are miracles of design and natural engineering. Dozens and dozens of barbs protrude from the shaft at a specific angle. Under a microscope you see hundreds of thousands of little barbules. On the barbacelle cells are the tiniest hooks which in flight interlock the whole wing structure into a plane of wonderful firmness with elasticity and lightness. In an instant the whole wing can suddenly be unlocked to allow the air to pass through.

How did a reptile get these wonderful feathers? Some claim that reptile scales mutated into feathers. It has also been claimed that the friction of air did the trick; friction of air on the scales of generations of reptiles as they jumped from tree to ground, or reptiles who ran along the ground waving their forelimbs in the wind. Friction of air over a vast amount of time.... Fraying scales into wonderful feathers....

What do you think? Douglas Dewar, fellow of the zoological society said :- "if this is serious science, then so is the story of Cinderella."