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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

The First Insurmountable
Step: The Origin of Life

The theory of evolution posits
that all living species evolved from a
single living cell that emerged on the
primitive Earth 3.8 billion years ago.
How a single cell could generate mil-
lions of complex living species and, if
such an evolution really occurred, why
traces of it cannot be observed in the
fossil record are some of the questions
that the theory cannot answer.
However, first and foremost, we need
Charles Darwin
to ask: How did this "first cell" origi-
nate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies Creation, it
maintains that the "first cell" originated as a product of blind co-
incidences within the laws of nature, without any plan or
arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate matter must have
produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, how-
ever, is inconsistent with the most unassailable rules of biology.

"Life Comes From Life"

In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. The
primitive understanding of science in his time rested on the as-
sumption that living beings had a very simple structure. Since me-
dieval times, spontaneous generation, which asserts that non-living
materials came together to form living organisms, had been widely
accepted. It was commonly believed that insects came into being
from food leftovers, and mice from wheat. Interesting experiments
were conducted to prove this theory. Some wheat was placed on a
dirty piece of cloth, and it was believed that mice would originate
from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to

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