Page 143 - Devotion Among Animals Revealing the Work of God

he animals mentioned in this book share devotion, al-
truism, compassion and care in common. Each of these
species is protective, considerate and compassionate
towards its young, its mate or some other animal; taking clever pre-
cautions for their safety, using smart solutions to help one another
find food, and working like craftsmen to produce wonderful archi-
tectural structures.
However, it needs to be pointed out once again that the crea-
tures mentioned—beetles, birds, frogs—do have simple brain struc-
tures, but would it be rational to expect them to show such intelli-
gence and know-how and to behave the way they do?
Can a beetle or bird know compassion, mercy or selfless devo-
tion?
Can an animal possess high moral values?
How can we explain that a penguin develops so strong a bond
for its mate and young that it will risk its life for them?
Why do antelopes or zebras throw themselves between their
young and the pursuing predators?
Each of these questions poses an insurmountable problem for
the theory of evolution, which proposes that life was formed by
chance from inanimate matter. Evolutionists claim that animals be-
have instinctively and that their instincts are programmed into their
genes. But actually, this only adds to their dilemma, because it leads
to the further question: Who has programmed their genes with these in-
stincts of devotion, compassion, and the knowledge of building nests? How
could such a program take shape suddenly in genes composed of
lifeless elements like carbon and phosphate?
To such questions, evolutionists have no answers. To fill the
void and to put up a smokescreen for those people who do not re-
flect sufficiently on these matters, they say only that Mother Nature
placed these features into the genes of animals. We often read state-

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