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What Kind of Yemen?


                 The reason for this is very simple: DNA has a very complex struc-
            ture, and random effects can only harm it. The American geneticist B.
            G. Ranganathan explains this as follows:
                 First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly, most mutations are
                 harmful since they are random, rather than orderly changes in the structure of
                 genes; any random change in a highly ordered 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. (B. G. Ranganathan, Origins?, Pennsylvania: The Banner
                 of Truth Trust, 1988, p. 7.)
                 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 actu-
            ally a genetic occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them dis-
            abled. (The most common effect of mutation on human beings is can-
            cer.) Of course, a destructive mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary
            mechanism." Natural selection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by
            itself," as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us that  there is no
            "evolutionary mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary mecha-
            nism exists, no such imaginary process called "evolution" could have
            taken place.



                 The fossil record: No sign of intermediate forms

                 The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by the theory of
            evolution did not take place is the fossil record.
                 According to the unscientific supposition of this theory, every liv-
            ing species has sprung from a predecessor. 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



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