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ons, scientific findings expanded the dimensions of these diffi-
culties. The defeat of Darwinism in the face of science can be re-
viewed under three basic topics:
1) The theory cannot explain how life originated on Earth.
2) No scientific finding shows that the "evolutionary mecha-
nisms" proposed by the theory have any evolutionary power at
all.
3) The fossil record proves the exact opposite of what the the-
ory suggests.
In this section, we will examine these three basic points in ge-
neral outlines:

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
billion 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" origi-
nate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies Creation, it
maintains that the "first cell" originated as a product of blind
coincidences within the laws of nature, without any plan or ar-
rangement. According to the theory, inanimate matter must ha-
ve produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a cla-
im, however, is inconsistent with the most unassailable rules of
biology.