Page 95 - The Miracle in the Cell

HARUN YAHYA
One Possibility in Infinity

In his book Origin of Life, Russian scientist, A. I. Oparin, one of the
most famous proponents of evolution, has this to say about the impos-
sibility of proteins forming as a result of chance:
But even the simplest of these substances represent extremely complex
compounds, containing many thousands of atoms of carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, and nitrogen arranged in absolutely definite patterns, which are
specific for each separate substance. To the student of protein structure
the spontaneous formation of such an atomic arrangement in the protein
molecule would seem as improbable as would the accidental origin of
the text of Virgil's "Aeneid" from scattered letter type. 10
However much he appears to be on the side of evolution, this
famous scientist's admission completely nullifies the theory he advo-
cates. This is an important example of the discrepant logic that evolu-
tionists advance. Because as Oparin states, it really is impossible for a
protein to come about as a result of a series of coincidences. But even
though evolutionists admit this, still they do not concede one inch
when it comes to their superstitious beliefs in coincidence.
Prof. Nevzat Baban, one of Turkey's famous scientists, has the fol-
lowing to say about the mathematical impossibility of proteins form-
ing coincidentally:
It has been calculated that 10 300 different proteins could theoretically be
formed for a protein with a molecular weight of 34,000, and 288 amino
acids in its chain selected from 12 different types of amino acids. If just
one of each of these different molecules came together, the total mass
would be 10 280 grams. But the total mass of the earth is only 10 27
grams… Calculations have shown that there are 5 x 10 79 possible
polypeptide isomers for a polypeptide of 61 amino acids, made from 20
different amino acids… this would mean that there would be 6 of these
polypeptide isomers for every atom in the universe. 11
As Baban states, for a small protein of 61 amino acids, there aren't
enough atoms in the universe to cover all of the possible versions of
proteins that would form by blind chance. Moreover, the average pro-

93