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HARUN YAHYA
ago. How a single cell could generate millions of complex living
species and, if such an evolution really occurred, why traces of it can-
not be observed in the fossil record are some of the questions that the
theory cannot answer. However, first and foremost, we need to ask:
How did this "first cell" originate?
Since the theory of evolution denies creation and any kind of
supernatural intervention, it maintains that the "first cell" originated
coincidentally within the laws of nature, without any design, plan or
arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate matter must have
produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, how-
ever, is inconsistent with the most unassailable rules of biology.

"Life Comes From Life"

In his book, Darwin never referred to the
origin of life. The primitive under-
standing of science in his time rest-
ed on the assumption that living
beings had a very simple struc-
ture. Since medieval times,
spontaneous generation, which
asserts that non-living materials
came together to form living
organisms, had been widely accept-
ed. It was commonly believed that
insects came into being from
Louis Pasteur destroyed the belief that
life could be created from inanimate sub- food leftovers, and mice from
stances. wheat. Interesting experiments

were conducted to prove this
theory. Some wheat was placed on a dirty piece of cloth, and it was
believed that mice would originate from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to
be evidence of spontaneous generation. However, it was later under-

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