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of favorable variations" in addition to natural mutation.

Today, the model that stands for evolution in the world is Neo-
Darwinism. The theory maintains that millions of living beings
formed as a result of a process whereby numerous complex organs of
these organisms (e.g., ears, eyes, lungs, and wings) underwent "muta-
tions," that is, genetic disorders. Yet, there is an outright scientific fact

that totally undermines this theory: Mutations do not cause living be-
ings to develop; on the contrary, they are always harmful.
The reason for this is very simple: DNA has a very complex
structure, and random effects can only harm it. The American geneti-
cist B.G. Ranganathan explains this as follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly, most mu-
tations are harmful since they are random, rather than orderly
changes in the structure of genes; any random change in a highly or-

dered system will be for the worse, not for the better. For example, if
an earthquake were to shake a highly ordered structure such as a
building, there would be a random change in the framework of the
building which, in all probability, would not be an improvement. 29
Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful, that is,
which is observed to develop the genetic code, has been observed so
far. All mutations have proved to be harmful. It was understood that

mutation, which is presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is ac-
tually a genetic occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them
disabled. (The most common effect of mutation on human beings is
cancer.) Of course, a destructive mechanism cannot be an "evolution-
ary mechanism." Natural selection, on the other hand, "can do noth-
ing by itself," as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us that there is
no "evolutionary mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary mech-

anism exists, no such any imaginary process called "evolution" could
have taken place.

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