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structural change in its own chemistry. The tree has no brain. Therefore,
it can neither think, calculate, nor adjust its own chemicals. To think that
this rational procedure is a characteristic acquired as a result of coinci-
dence – which is the logic of evolution – is totally absurd. In a very ob-
vious way, the tree is doing something which is the result of intelligence
and knowledge.
Therefore, the only conclusion that may be reached here is that this
feature of the tree has been formed by the will which has created the
tree. It is obvious from the arrangements He has made that He is not on-
ly sovereign over the tree but also over the ants and caterpillars. If re-
Above, we see a pitcher plant which is a kind of "insect trap". Yet, this pitcher
plant does not serve as a trap for certain insects. For instance, the ant shown
on the next page is able to live together with the pitcher plant. The plant is dis-
regarding the existence of the ant in an inexplicable fashion.
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