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They claim that the pan da's al leged i mals have evolved from any oth er
an ces tors used these fea tures against class. Evolutionists spec u late on the
oth er an i mals. Yet the pan da's on ly ba sis of sim i lar i ties alone, and dis a -
en e my is man; among oth er an i mals, gree with one an oth er be cause their
it has no en e mies. Its pow er ful teeth con jec tures are sheer fan ta sy.
and jaws are for break ing off and Of the pan da's thumb not be ing
chew ing bam boo stems. Its strong per fect, be ing the work of chance:
claws serve for climb ing up bam boo Evolutionists say that the pan da's
stems. Therefore, there is not the thumb is not per fect, but still serves
slight est ev i dence that pan das— a pur pose.
which gen er al ly eat bam boo and In fact, this sixth fin ger is a kind
fruit and oth er plants from time to of bone known as the ra di al ses am oid
time—evolved from car niv o rous bone, which gen er al ly fa cil i tates
fore run ners. move ment at the joints and pre vents
Evolutionists have been un a ble to the ten dons from tear ing. This struc -
agree on which an i mal the pan da ture, emerg ing from the wrist, is ac -
might have evolved from. Some ev o - tu al ly no fin ger at all, but a sup port
lu tion ists place the pan da in the that helps the oth er fin gers grip on to
same cat e go ry as bears; oth ers in the bam boo stalks. 174
same cat e go ry as rac coons, be cause Evolutionists maintain
no find ings sug gest that these an - that this bone de vel -

Evolutionists look for dis har -
mo ny or flaws in na ture, in
their ef forts to find ev i -
dence for de ny ing Allah's
flaw less cre a tion. As with the
sub ject of the pan da's "thumb,"
how e ver, these ef forts have al -
ways been in vain.