Page 131 - Eternity Has Already Begun

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

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 arrange-
ment. According to the theory, inanimate matter must have pro-
duced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, howev-
er, 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 prim-
itive understanding of science in his time rested on the assumption
that living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval 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 con-
ducted 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.

The fossils unearthed in Cambrian rocks belonged to complex invertebrate species
like snails, trilobites, sponges, worms, jelly fish, starfish, marine crustaceans and
sea lilies. Most interestingly, all of these distinct species emerged all of a sudden.
For that reason, this miraculous phenomenon is referred to as the "Cambrian Ex-
plosion" in geological literature.

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