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DARWINISM REFUTED

The mutations needed for macroevolution have never been observed. No
random mutations that could represent the mutations required by Neo-
Darwinian Theory that have been examined on the molecular level have
added any information. The question I address is: Are the mutations that
have been observed the kind the theory needs for support? The answer turns
out to be NO! 304

The Myth of Vestigial Organs
For a long time, the concept of "vestigial organs" appeared frequently
in evolutionist literature as "evidence" of evolution. Eventually, it was
silently put to rest when this was proved to be invalid. But some
evolutionists still believe in it, and from time to time someone will try to
advance "vestigial organs" as important evidence of evolution.
The notion of "vestigial organs" was first put forward a century ago.
As evolutionists would have it, there existed in the bodies of some
creatures a number of non-functional organs. These had been inherited
from progenitors and had gradually become vestigial from lack of use.
The whole assumption is quite unscientific, and is based entirely on
insufficient knowledge. These "non-functional organs" were in fact organs
whose "functions had not yet been discovered." The best indication of this
was the gradual yet substantial decrease in evolutionists' long list of
vestigial organs. S. R. Scadding, an evolutionist himself, concurred with
this fact in his article "Can vestigial organs constitute evidence for
evolution?" published in the journal Evolutionary Theory:
Since it is not possible to unambiguously identify useless structures, and
since the structure of the argument used is not scientifically valid, I conclude
that 'vestigial organs' provide no special evidence for the theory of
evolution. 305
The list of vestigial organs that was made by the German Anatomist
R. Wiedersheim in 1895 included approximately 100 organs, including the
appendix and coccyx. As science progressed, it was discovered that all of
the organs in Wiedersheim's list in fact had very important functions. For
instance, it was discovered that the appendix, which was supposed to be
a "vestigial organ," was in fact a lymphoid organ that fought infections in
the body. This fact was made clear in 1997:

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