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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

living species and, if such an evolution really occurred, why traces
of it cannot be observed in the fossil record are some of the questions
that the theory cannot answer. However, first and foremost, we need
to ask: How did this "first cell" originate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies Creation, it

maintains that the "first cell" originated as a product of blind co-
incidences within the laws of nature, without any plan or arrange-
ment. According to the theory, inanimate matter must have pro-
duced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, howev-
er, is inconsistent with the most unassailable rules of biology.

"Life Comes From Life"

In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. The
primitive understanding of science in his time rested on the as-

sumption that living beings had a very simple structure. Since me-
dieval times, spontaneous generation, which asserts that non-living
materials came together to form living organisms, had been widely
accepted. It was commonly believed that insects came into being
from food leftovers, and mice from wheat. Interesting experiments
were conducted to prove this theory. Some wheat was placed on a
dirty piece of cloth, and it was believed that mice would originate
from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to

be evidence of spontaneous generation. However, it was later un-
derstood that worms did not appear on meat spontaneously, but
were carried there by flies in the form of larvae, invisible to the
naked eye.
Even when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, the belief that
bacteria could come into existence from non-living matter was wide-
ly accepted in the world of science.

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