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all. Without gradualness in these cases, we are back to miracle, which
is simply a synonym for the total absence of explanation. 87
Evolutionists offer inconsistent explanations to the effect that wings
developed from reptiles’ forelegs. In essence this scenario runs: “Some
reptiles grew a few hairs on their forearms and used these to catch in-
sects. However, most insects escaped before they could carry them to
their mouths (!) The system did not work well in this unbalanced state.
They could not fly, nor climb trees, nor escape into any hole in the
ground. Under these conditions they needed to undergo a change in or-
der to flee their enemies. Just at that point coincidences performed the
necessary alterations in these creatures and turned them into living
things capable of flight.”
This and similar scenarios, no more logical than fairy tales, cannot
explain how these changes combined in a specific sequence and in such
a way as to respond to the creature’s need to catch insects. In his book
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennet condemns Darwin’s claims
that unconscious mechanisms could give rise to the perfect living things
in nature: