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182 THE PERFECT DESIGN IN THE UNIVERSE IS NOT BY CHANCE

were understood to have, in reality,

no evolutionary power.
Darwin based his evolution alle-
gation entirely on the mechanism of

"natural selection." The importance
he placed on this mechanism was ev-
ident in the name of his book: The
Origin of Species, By Means of Natural

Selection…
Natural selection holds that
those living things that are stronger

and more suited to the natural condi-
tions of their habitats will survive in
the struggle for life. For example, in a deer herd under the threat of attack
by wild animals, those that can run faster will survive. Therefore, the

deer herd will be comprised of faster and stronger individuals. However,
unquestionably, this mechanism will not cause deer to evolve and trans-
form themselves into another living species, for instance, horses.

Therefore, the mechanism of natural selection has no evolutionary
power. Darwin was also aware of this fact and had to state this in his
book The Origin of Species:

Natural selection can do nothing until favourable individual differences or
variations occur. 36

Lamarck's Impact

So, how could these "favorable variations" occur? Darwin tried to
answer this question from the standpoint of the primitive understanding