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Darwin’s Dilemma: The Soul

stood that mutation, which is presented as an "evolutionary
mechanism," is actually a genetic occurrence that harms living
things, and leaves them disabled. (The most common effect of mu-
tation on human beings is cancer.) Of course, a destructive mecha-
nism cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural selection, on
the other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as Darwin also accepted.
This fact shows us that there is no "evolutionary mechanism" in na-
ture. Since no evolutionary mechanism exists, no such any imagi-
nary process called "evolution" could have taken place.

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The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by the theo-
ry of evolution did not take place is the fossil record.
According to this theory, every living species has sprung from
a predecessor. A previously existing species turned into something
else over time and all species have come into being in this way. In
other words, this transformation proceeds gradually over millions
of years.
Had this been the case, numerous intermediary species
should have existed and lived within this long transformation pe-
riod.
For instance, some half-fish/half-reptiles should have lived in
the past which had acquired some reptilian traits in addition to the
fish traits they already had. Or there should have existed some rep-
tile-birds, which acquired some bird traits in addition to the reptil-
ian traits they already had. Since these would be in a transitional
phase, they should be disabled, defective, crippled living beings.
Evolutionists refer to these imaginary creatures, which they be-
lieve to have lived in the past, as "transitional forms."
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