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The mammalian nose is arguably the best chemical detector on the plan-
et, capable of detecting and discriminating among many thousands of
compounds. 103
The truth is therefore this: the sense of smell is exceedingly complex,

an extraordinary mechanism that cannot be explained in terms of such
hollow concepts as chance, mutation or natural selection. The flawless-
ness of the sense of smell is one of the signs of God’s perfect creation,
made by the Lord of infinite knowledge and might.

The Sense of Smell’s Irreducible Complexity
One fact revealed by Professor Michael J. Behe of Lehigh University
is that science has discovered irreducible complexity in living organisms.
This term means that all systems, from largest to the smallest, possess an
exceedingly wide-ranging complexity; and within these, there is such or-

der that not even one component can be dispensed with. In order for an
organ to function, not even a single one of the components that compose
it can be omitted. Otherwise, the organ will fail to function.
This scientific fact totally undermines all the claims of the theory of
evolution, because irreducible complexity makes impossible the gradual
development expounded by evolutionists. It is impossible, for example,
for the eye’s 40 different components to form individually and gradually,
since unless all 40 are complete, the eye cannot function. Again according
to the theory of evolution, a functionless organ will be eliminated through
natural selection.
Under these conditions, the same question for evolutionists arises
with regard to other complex organs. The sense of smell—that superior
mechanism that we’ve been examining so far—also possesses irreducible
complexity. In order for scents to be perceived, the micro-hairs, receptors,
scent receptor cells, scent cells, pain receptor cells, olfactory bulb, mucus

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