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some omnipotent intelligence.” 188 Galapagos Islands
In addition, Futuyma—one of the
This group of islands in the Pacific
best-known exponents of the theory of
Ocean off the coast of Ecuador contain a
evolution in our time—indicates the true
great many living species, particularly
reason for the importance of the theory:
birds and reptiles. The miraculous diver-
“Together with Marx's materialist the-
sity that Darwin observed here led him
ory of history and society. . . Darwin he-
to conclude, in contrast to many others
wed the final planks of the platform of
at the time, that all living things had co-
mechanism and materialism.” 189
me into existence as the result of chance.
He was unable to appreciate the infinite
might of God, the Creator of them all.
He should have been influenced by the
artistry in the universe and as a researc-
her, have immediately comprehended
this fact. But he actually followed a lo-
gic that was diametrically opposed.
Although he collected thousands of
specimen and preserved them in alcohol,
he was interested only in finch species
and when he investigated them, made
very narrow-minded deductions. Natu-
rally, the thinness, length of shortness of
finch beaks can be examined. Yet no-
body who thinks along rational and sci-
entific lines should make a deduction so-
lely on the basis of such an investigation
about the origin of all living things—for
instance how giant whales, different
kinds of elephant, flies with their won-
drous acrobatic ability, the butterflies
with marvelous symmetry on their
wings, different fish living under the sea,
shellfish, birds, reptiles and, most im-
portant of all human beings possessed of
reason and consciousness.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)