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Atoms That Come Alive

whatsoever. American biologist Michael Behe addresses this in his famous
book Darwin's Black Box:
Science has made enormous progress in understanding how the che-
mistry of life works, but the elegance and complexity of biological sys-
tems at the molecular level have paralysed science's attempt to expla-
in their origins. There has been virtually no attempt to account for the
origin of specific, complex biomolecular systems, much less any prog-
ress. Many scientists have gamely asserted that explanations are alre-
ady in hand, or will be sooner or later, but no support for such asserti-
ons can be found in the professional science literature. More impor-
tantly, there are compelling reasons – based on the structure of the sys-
tems themselves – to think that a Darwinian explanation for the mec-
hanisms of life will forever prove elusive. 43
Just as the entire universe was created from nothing, so were living be-
ings created from nothing. Just as only nothing can come into existence out
of nothing by chance, inanimate matter cannot combine by chance to form li-
ving beings. Only Allah, Possessor of infinite power, infinite wisdom and in-
finite knowledge, has power to do all these:

Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days
and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne. He covers the day
with the night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and mo-
on and stars are subservient to His command. Both creation and com-
mand belong to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
(Surat al-A'raf: 54)

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