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we need focus on the first step of the supposed evolutionary process.
How did the aforementioned “first cell” originate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies creation, it main-
tains that the “first cell” originated as a product of blind coincidence
within the laws of nature, without any plan or arrangement. Accord-
ing to the theory, inanimate matter must have haphazardly produced
a living cell out of nowhere. Such a claim, however, is inconsistent
with the most unassailable rules of biology.

“LIFE COMES FROM LIFE”

In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. That is
because the primitive understanding of science in his time rested on
the assumption that living beings had a very simple structure. Since
medieval times, spontaneous generation, which asserts that non-liv-
ing materials came together to form living organisms, had been
widely accepted. In that period, it was commonly believed that insects
came into being from food leftovers, and mice from
wheat. Interesting experiments were con-
ducted to prove this theory. Some wheat
was placed on a dirty piece of cloth, and
it was believed that mice would origi-
nate from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing
in rotting meat were assumed to
be evidence of life originating
from inanimate materials. How-
ever, it was later understood
that worms did not appear on
meat spontaneously, but were Louis Pasteur