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THE MIRACLE OF THE
BLOOD AND HEART

hemoglobin's ability to transport oxygen. Therefore—as we
saw in the preceding pages—oxygen cannot be carried to cer-
tain cells, resulting in severe diseases, even fatal health prob-
lems.
In a most peculiar manner, however, some evolutionist
biologists describe the mutation that causes this defect as ben-
eficial. (This erroneous information is even taught in biology
textbooks in high schools.) The basis of this claim is that the
mutation concerned represents a defense against another dis-
ease—malaria. People suffering from sickle cell anemia
receive two mutated sickle cell genes—one from their mother
and one from the father. However, those who receive only a
single mutated gene from either parent do not develop the
disease, but become carriers. In such individuals, the sickle
cell symptoms of the disease are not very strong. However,
their carrying only a single mutated gene makes them resis-
tant to malaria.
Malaria parasite attacks healthy, round blood cells, but
does not attack blood cells in sickle form. For that reason, even
if the malaria parasite enters the bodies of such individuals, it
won't cause the disease. 20
Evolutionists regard the way that the sickle cell provides a
defense against malaria as an advantage, and describe the
mutation that caused it as a beneficial one. However, this
mutation—which leads to severe and even deadly damage in
the body, due to the blood's inability to nourish certain tissues,
and which spreads by being passed on to subsequent genera-
tions—clearly harms those who carry it.
Evolutionists ignore all these factors and appraise
the partial immunity as a gift of evolution. This is of
Harun
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