Page 270 - The Origin of Birds and Flight

268 The Origin of Birds and Flight

Since some insects have four wings, and others two, evolutionists
claim that two-winged flies evolved from four-winged predecessors,
and that the two rear wings either became useless and vanished or else
developed into halters. These organs are known to function like the gy-
roscopes that keep planes from going off course. Just as it’s impossible to
claim that gyroscopes developed by chance, it’s similarly impossible to
maintain that a far superior and vitally important organ in insects is the
result of unconscious coincidences.
Experiments reveal that the images that the fly’s eye-brain system
perceives automatically give rise to wing actions. However, this visual da-
ta goes directly to the halter organs, not to the wings. Moreover, according
to Dickinson, the function of the halter organ is more important than had
previously been thought. For example, halters enable the insect to fly at
the same elevation. If the insect makes a sudden turn, the halters react like
the flight muscles—a very intelligent and efficient aerodynamic tech-
nique. In this way, the device that establishes balance is always active, and
the nervous system is regulated to control its mechanics at all times.
Dr. Cole Gilbert of Cornell University has shown that the fly sends
information about the position of its head to the wings and halter or-
gans. With this complex nerve network, it can perform complex activi-
ties that put our modern-day technology to shame.
To believe that halter organs of the greatest importance came into
being by chance to meet the fly’s needs is as irrational as believing that
raw materials can come together at random to produce an airplane.
There is no evidence that flies evolved from any primitive ancestor.
It is also clearly no evidence that the halter organs are useless remains
left over from the rearmost wings. Experimental data and the fossil
record reveal that flies were created together with all these advanced
systems they need.
Flies have been using the laws of aerodynamics for millions of
years. The fact that the most advanced modern technology cannot du-
plicate flies’ flight techniques is one of the manifest proofs of creation.
Allah manifests His infinite reason and knowledge in these tiny crea-
tures. In one verse He reveals: