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In this section, we will examine these three basic points in gen-
eral outlines:

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 millions 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 to ask: How did this "first cell" originate?
Since the theory of evolution denies creation and any kind of
supernatural intervention, it maintains that the "first cell" origi-
nated coincidentally within the laws of nature, without any de-
sign, plan or arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate
matter must have produced a living cell as a result of coinci-
dences. Such a claim, however, 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
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 conducted to prove this theory.

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