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COMPLEXITY

O ne of the most important concepts that one must employ when

questioning Darwinist theory in the light of scientific discoveries is
without a doubt the criterion that Darwin himself employed. In The
Origin of Species, Darwin put forward a number of concrete criteria
suggesting how his theory might be tested and, if found wanting,
disproved. Many passages in his book begin, "If my theory be true," and
in these Darwin describes the discoveries his theory requires. One of the
most important of these criteria concerns fossils and "transitional forms."
In earlier chapters, we examined how these “prophecies” of Darwin's did
not come true, and how, on the contrary, the fossil record completely
contradicts Darwinism.
In addition to these, Darwin gave us another very important criterion
by which to test his theory. This criterion is so important, Darwin wrote,
that it could cause his theory to be absolutely broken down:
If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not
possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications,
my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case. 341
We must examine Darwin's intention here very carefully. As we
know, Darwinism explains the origin of life with two unconscious natural
mechanisms: natural selection and random changes (in other words,
mutations). According to Darwinist theory, these two mechanisms led to
the emergence of the complex structure of living cells, as well as the
anatomical systems of complex living things, such as eyes, ears, wings,
lungs, bat sonar and millions of other complex systems.
However, how is it that these systems, which possess complex

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