Page 34 - The Miracle of Termites

Harun Yahya

claims put forward by evolutionists.
Our previous examples showed that the behavior of termites,
ants, bees and other creatures that live communally cannot be ex-
plained by any such distorted evolutionary mechanism as natural se-
lection. There is only one explanation: God, with His infinite power
and knowledge, has created every living creature on the face of the

Earth.

The Basic Reason for the Order in the Nest

Every member of a termite colony knows what task it must do
and performs it flawlessly. Because these insects display no selfish-
ness, they live in a perfectly ordered colony.
A similarly peaceful order, found in all social insects, is worth
careful consideration. We have spoken about the importance of the

self-sacrifice of termites in the maintenance of a stable order in their
nests.
It is often to be noticed in the behavior of creatures that they are
willing to put their own lives in danger for the sake of their offspring
or another without considering their own needs. There are so many
examples of this kind of behavior that evolutionist scientists are forced
to admit it.

For example, the evolutionist Peter Kropotkin wrote about soli-
darity among animals in a book entitled Mutual Aid: A Factor in
Evolution, showing how successful ants and termites were as a result
of their helping one another:
Their [the ants' and termites'] wonderful nests, their buildings, superi-
or in relative size to those of man; their paved roads and overground
vaulted galleries; their spacious halls and granaries; their corn-fields,
harvesting and "malting" of grain; their rational methods of nursing
their eggs and larvae . . . and, finally, their courage, pluck, and superior
intelligence—all these are the natural outcome of the mutual aid which

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