Page 19 - The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution in 50 Themes

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garding the fossils. On 22 December 1938, however, a
living Cœlecanth was caught in the deep waters of the
Indian Ocean. More than 200 other living specimens
have been caught in the years that followed.
All the speculation regarding these fish had been un-
founded. Contrary to what evolutionists claimed, the
Cœlecanth was not a vertebrate with half-fish, half-am-
phibian characteristics preparing to emerge onto dry
land. It was in fact a bottom-dwelling fish that almost nev-
er rose above a depth of 180 meters (590 feet). Moreover,
there were no anatomical differences between the living
Cœlecanth and the 400-million-year-old fossil specimens.
This creature had never “evolved” at all.
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Evolutionists maintain that birds evolved from rep-
tiles—though this is impossible, and a bird’s wing
alone is sufficient to prove this. In order for evolution
of the kind claimed to have taken place, a reptile’s
forearms would have to have changed into function-
al wings as the result of mutations taking place
in its genes—and quickly! And this is not fea-
sible. First of all, this transitional life form
would be unable to fly with only half-de-
veloped wings. It would also be deprived
of its forearms. That would mean it was
essentially deformed and therefore—
according to the theory of evolu-
tion—would be eliminated.
In order for any bird to fly, its wings
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