Page 287 - The Origin of Birds and Flight

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Since the theory of evolution
denies creation and any kind of su-
pernatural intervention, it maintains
that the "first cell" originated coinci-
dentally within the laws of nature,
without any design, plan or arrange-
ment. According to the theory, inan-
imate matter must have produced a
living cell as a result of coincidences.
Such a claim, however, is inconsist-
ent with the most unassailable rules
of biology. Louis Pasteur’s experiments invalidated the
idea that “life can emerge from inanimate
matter,” the basis of the theory of evolution.
LIFE COMES FROM LIFE
In his book, Darwin never re-
ferred to the origin of life. The primitive understanding of science in his
time rested on the assumption that living beings had a very simple struc-
ture. 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. Some wheat was placed on a dirty piece
of cloth, and it was believed that mice would originate from it after a
while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to be
evidence of spontaneous generation. However, it was later understood
that worms did not appear on meat spontaneously, but were carried
there by flies in the form of larvae, invisible to the naked eye.
Even when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, the belief that bacte-
ria could come into existence from non-living matter was widely accept-
ed in the world of science.
However, five years after the publication of Darwin's book, Louis
Pasteur announced his results after long studies and experiments, that