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Awareness in Animals

come, then, that all living things can behave in the most perfect
ways, each one befitting its biological and environmental condi-
tions?
In The Origin of Species, Darwin refers to this criticism:

It has been objected to the foregoing view of the origin of in-
stincts that "the variations of structure and of instinct must
have been simultaneous and accurately adjusted to each
other, as a modification in the one without an immediate cor-
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responding change in the other would have been fatal."
As we have seen, neither evolutionary processes, nor coinci-
dences, nor "Mother Nature" can explain the behavior of animals
and the true origins of instincts. How did species acquire the quali-
ties that enable them to continue their existence?
Actually, the answer is clear and obvious. Anyone who has ob-

served living organisms must agree that clearly, these behaviors nei-
ther originate in them nor are the product of successive "selective"
coincidences. The true source for animal behavior is to be found nei-
ther in their bodies nor in their environment. It is self-evident that
these behaviors are governed by an invisible power and intellect,
which belong to God, the most compassionate and merciful.

Conclusion: All Living Things Act on the Urging
and Behest of God
As we've seen in the previous pages, evolutionists dealing with
the subject of animal behavior are facing serious difficulties. On the
other hand, the truth is clear. If animals, which clearly do not have
intellect or the ability to reason, can discriminate between details,
link up events, make the proper decisions, and plan for or predict
subsequent events that require intelligence and awareness, they
must be governed and directed by some power outside themselves.
Evolutionists say that animals are "programmed" to behave in cer-

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