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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

sacrifice. Carrying out long drawn-out experiments and observations in
the laboratory, for a premise which they know will come to nothing, and
only to discover that the direct opposite of the hypothesis they want to
prove is correct, is certainly quite upsetting for such scientists.
In his book, Darwin's Black Box, where he discusses the scientific
invalidity of Darwinism, noted American biochemist, Michael Behe,
describes the psychology of the evolutionist scientists confronted by the
reality of "design" apparent in the living cell:

Over the past four decades modern
biochemistry has uncovered the secrets of
the cell. The progress has been hard won. It
has required tens of thousands of people
to dedicate the better parts of their lives
to the tedious work of the laboratory…
The result of these cumulative efforts
to investigate the cell – to investigate
life at the molecular level – is a
loud, clear, piercing cry of
"design!" The result is so
unambiguous and so significant
that it must be ranked as one of
the greatest achievements in the history of
science. This triumph of science should evoke cries of "Eureka" from
ten thousand throats.
But, no bottles have been uncorked, no hands clapped. Instead, a
curious, embarrassed silence surrounds the stark complexity of the cell.
When the subject comes up in public, feet start to shuffle, and breathing
gets a bit labored. In private people are a bit more relaxed; many
explicitly admit the obvious but then stare at the ground, shake their
heads, and let it go like that. Why does the scientific community not
greedily embrace its startling discovery? Why is the observation of
design handled with intellectual gloves? The dilemma is that while one
side of the [issue] is labeled intelligent design, the other side must be
labeled God. 31

Some evolutionists in the scientific community have admitted to
suffering such desperation. For instance, evolutionist paleontologist, Dr.

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