Page 281 - The Origin of Birds and Flight

t is not possible for a cart designed for use on roads to
fly. In the same way, neither is it possible for animals to
fly that have not been created to do so. The fields of ex-
pertise of those who produce a terrestrial vehicle—a car,
for example—are completely different from those constructing an
airplane. Even if some materials exhibit similarities, these have
still been specially modified according to their function, shape,
and where they will be used, etc. Both cars and airplanes have
windows and tires. However, these have totally different specifi-
cations and are produced with the most appropriate designs. The
slightest error in manufacture or design could give rise to very
dangerous consequences. No one aware of this conscious plan-
ning could look at a car and claim that it bears certain similarities
to a plane, so under the effect of external influences, this car could
in time be able to fly.
Even if millions of years pass, a terrestrial vehicle can never
become airworthy. Evolution’s accounts regarding the origins of
birds are just as i irrational.
As you have seen throughout this book, there is no evidence
that birds or any other flying creature evolved from terrestrial an-
imals. On the contrary, their complex structures and their sudden
appearance in the fossil record shows that all these living things
and their necessary flight systems were created together.
The idea that these species evolved from other, more primi-
tive ones is a dogma defended for other than scientific purposes.
Heading the list is the urge to maintain the materialist philosoph-
ical foundations of Darwinism. Another aim is personal interest.
A rich and powerful supposedly scientific establishment backs the
theory of evolution, and the gaining of support from that commu-
nity, and concerns over career and prestige may well influence
many others. People are unwilling to concede that their research,