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HARUN YAHYA

The First Insurmountable Step:
The Origin of Life

The theory of evolution posits that all living species evolved
from a single living cell that emerged on the primitive Earth 3.8 bil-
lion years ago. How a single cell could generate millions of complex
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 denies creation and any kind of su-
pernatural intervention, it maintains that the “first cell” originated
coincidentally within the laws of nature, without any design, plan or
arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate matter must have
produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, how-
ever, 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 assump-
tion that living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval
times, spontaneous generation, which asserts that non-living materi-
als came together to form living organisms, had been widely ac-
cepted. 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

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