Page 89 - Islam: The Religion of Ease

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

ory maintains that millions of living beings formed as a result of
a process whereby numerous complex organs of these organisms
(e.g., ears, eyes, lungs, and wings) underwent "mutations," that
is, genetic disorders. Yet, there is an outright scientific fact that
totally undermines this theory: Mutations do not cause living
beings to develop; on the contrary, they are always harmful.
The reason for this is very simple: DNA has a very complex
structure, and random effects can only harm it. The American
geneticist B. G. Ranganathan explains this as follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly, most
mutations are harmful since they are random, rather than orderly
changes in the structure of genes; any random change in a highly
ordered system will be for the worse, not for the better. For example,
if an earthquake were to shake a highly ordered structure
such as a building, there would be a random change in the
framework of the building which, in all probability, would
not be an improvement. 9

Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful, that
is, which is observed to develop the genetic code, has been ob-
served so far. All mutations have proved to be harmful. It was
understood that mutation, which is presented as an "evolution-
ary mechanism," is actually a genetic occurrence that harms liv-
ing things, and leaves them disabled. (The most common effect
of mutation on human beings is cancer.) Of course, a destructive
mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural se-
lection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as Darwin
also accepted. This fact shows us that there is no "evolutionary
mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary mechanism exists,
no such any imaginary process called "evolution" could have
taken place.

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