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DEVOTION AMONG ANIMALS

Is nature really full of selfish and fiercely competitive individu-
als, where each animal is pitted against every other, trying to destroy
or subdue one another?
So far, all the observations made in this respect belie evolution-
ists. Contrary to their claim, nature is not an arena governed by war-
fare alone. Quiet the opposite is true. There are many examples of de-
voted animals that often endanger their own lives, displaying selfless
behavior at their own expense for the good of the herd, and intelli-
gent group behavior with no personal benefit. In his book Evrim
Kurami ve Bagnazlik (The Theory of Evolution and Bigotry), Cemal
Yildirim—though himself an evolutionist, explains why Darwin and
other evolutionists of his time concluded that nature is a battle-
ground:

Scientists of the nineteenth century were easily misled into
adopting the thesis that nature is a battlefield, because more
often than not, they were imprisoned in their studies or labo-
ratories and generally didn't
bother to acquaint themselves
with nature directly. Not even a
"Everything in the respectable scientist like Huxley
heavens and the earth could exempt himself from this
glorifies God. He is the error. 16
Almighty, the All-Wise. In his book, Mutual Aid: A
The kingdom of the Factor in Evolution, evolutionist
heavens and the earth Peter Kropotkin expresses the

belongs to Him. He error of Darwin and his followers
gives life and causes to as follows:
die. He has power over ... the numberless followers of
all things." Darwin reduced the notion of
(Qur'an, 57: 2) struggle for existence to its nar-
rowest limits. They came to con-

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