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Awareness in Animals

that Darwin proposed, means that any change (either physical or be-
havioral) beneficial to an animal is selected in preference over others
and thus becomes a permanent feature, to be passed on to the next
generation.
But here is a crucially important point that we shouldn't disre-

gard: Darwin's theory presumes that nature is able to distinguish be-
tween beneficial and harmful, thus making conscious decisions.
However, no force or consciousness existing in nature is capable of
such a feat. Neither the animal itself nor any other creature has the
faculties to determine which behaviors are beneficial. Only a con-
scious Being of intellect Who has created both nature and animals
can make such selections.
Darwin himself admitted the impossibility of acquiring complex
and beneficial behavior by means of natural selection. He confessed
that his claims owe more to imagination than to science and are
therefore flawed. Nevertheless, he persisted:
Finally, it may not be a logical deduction, but to my imagina-
tion it is far more satisfactory to look at such instincts as the
young cuckoo ejecting its foster-brothers, ants making
slaves… not as specially endowed or created instincts, but as

There is only one possible explanation for creatures de-
void of thinking and reason to show compassion and to
protect and feed their young: All living beings act on the
directions of God. The diving bird shown here, feeding
its young, does so by the will of God.

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