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96 Origin of the Birds

vanced en gi neer ing cal cu la tions,
across a riv er in or der to stop the
flow of wa ter. It pos sess es the abil i ty
to do this from the mo ment of its
birth.
Evolutionists some times claim
that an i mals ac quire some forms of
be hav ior through ex pe ri ence, and
A but ter fly that re sem bles a dry leaf the most ef fect ive be hav iors be come
"fixed" by way of nat u ral se lec tion.
went ap pro pri ate chan ges dur ing
These ef fect ive forms of be hav ior are
ad ap ta tion to var i ous en vi ron men tal
sub se quent ly passed on to lat er gen -
con di tions.
er a tions through ge net ic in her it ance.
However, noth ing about be hav -
However, liv ing things can not
ior squares with an ev o lu tion a ry sce -
sur vive in the ab sence of these in -
nar io. Because liv ing things lack the
stinc tive forms of be hav ior. And
rea son ing abil i ties to learn by tri al
there fore, they have no time in
and er ror, and then record these les -
which to learn them. A liv ing thing
sons as "in stinct" in the genes, and
has to pos sess this be hav ior from the
trans mit them to sub se quent gen er a -
mo ment it is born. The idea that such
tions. Right from birth, they pos sess
be hav ior can "evolve" is there fore in -
such in nate forms of be hav ior as de -
con sist ent right from the start, be -
fend ing them selves and nest -build -
cause ev o lu tion ist hy poth e ses al low
ing..
for no con scious ness to make any
Allah cre ates all liv ing things
such se lec tion. Living things are
with their own unique at trib utes and
born pos sess ing of var i ous char ac -
forms of be hav ior. It is im pos si ble,
ter is tics and in stinc tive forms of be -
for in stance, for a but ter fly to de cide
hav ior that al low them to sur vive.
to as sume the ap pear ance of a dead
leaf in or der to cam ou flage it self and
in crease its chan ces of sur viv al, and
ORIGIN OF THE BIRDS
then re fine the chan ges in its wings
The the o ry of ev o lu tion main -
with that goal in mind. There can be
tains that birds de scend ed from
no ques tion of a bea ver learn ing to
small, car niv o rous ther o pod di no -
build a dam, re quir ing high ly ad -
saurs—in oth er words, from rep tiles.
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