Page 98 - The Miracle of Termites

Harun Yahya

Examples of termite nests constructed according to
the local climactic conditions.

this raises the question of how blind termites with no compass or oth-

er direction- finding device can accomplish this. How can these tiny
creatures with no capacity for thought or judgment make such calcu-
lations?
Blind termites have the ability to make architectural plans, calcu-
late the movement of the sun in relation to their nest and construct it
accordingly and make the desired use of the structure. All these activ-
ities require awareness and point to the existence of a Being with intel-

ligence and the power of judgment. Termites can do things that even
human beings cannot: They can find their directions without any as-
sistance. When we examine where this intelligence comes from, it be-
comes clear that this intelligence does not belong to termites and that
it did not come to be through blind chance.
Like all creatures in the world, God created termites too. He pro-

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