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THE MIRACLE OF MIGRATION IN ANIMALS

But then he resorts to demagogic methods so as not to acknowl-
edge that the remarkable indications of intelligence are evidence of
creation:

In the past, naturalists did not content themselves with believing in a
miracle when they encountered such phenomena, in other words they
could not prevent themselves from thinking that God had equipped
His creations with the necessary information for their protection. Yet
such an explanation means suicide for the naturalist, or rather the de-
nial of scientific truth and its existence. On the other hand, the way that
modern science seeks to account for such phenomena in terms of “in-
stinct” actually has very little meaning. That is because, contrary to
what most of us think, regarding what has taken place as the work of
instinct […] and this takes us very little further forward and prevents
us finding an answer to the fundamental question… 64
As the evolutionists are also aware, the word “instinct” has no
elucidative meaning, but has become a refuge for those who do not
acknowledge the inspiration of God. Evolutionary scientists use “in-
stinct” to define certain innate aspects of animal behavior. Always left
unanswered, however, are the questions of how animals acquire
these instincts, and how instinctive behavior first emerged and was
passed on from generation to generation. In The Great Evolution
Mystery, evolutionary geneticist Gordon
R. Taylor makes the following confession
on this impasse:
When we ask ourselves how any instinctive
pattern of behaviour arose in the first place
and became hereditarily fixed, we are given
no answer… 65
Certain evolutionists who do not
admit the truth like Taylor try to get
around these questions with veiled an-

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