Page 188 - Not by Chance

186 THE PERFECT DESIGN IN THE UNIVERSE IS NOT BY CHANCE

decessor. A previously existing species turned into something else over

time and all species have come into being in this way. In other words, this
transformation proceeds gradually over millions of years.
Had this been the case, numerous intermediary species should have

existed and lived within this long transformation period.
For instance, some half-fish/half-reptiles should have lived in the
past which had acquired some reptilian traits in addition to the fish traits

they already had. Or there should have existed some reptile-birds, which
acquired some bird traits in addition to the reptilian traits they already
had. Since these would be in a transitional phase, they should be dis-

abled, defective, crippled living beings. Evolutionists refer to these imag-
inary creatures, which they believe to have lived in the past, as "transi-
tional forms."

The larger picture belongs to a 100-million-year-old Nautilus fossil. On the left is a
Nautilus living in our day. When we compare the fossil with today's Nautilus (on the
right is the cross section of the creature's shell), we see that they both have the same
identical characteristics.