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Creation is a Scientific Fact
be identified. The answer to this is very clear. First and foremost, com-
mon sense shows us the way here. For instance, imagine you were
shipwrecked on an unspoiled, forested island, and believed yourself
to be the first person who had ever set foot there. Then, if you came
across an automobile upon the shore, you would not conclude that
the car had come into being all by itself, as the result of chance.
Despite the fact that you had not seen anyone else on the island, you
would surely conclude that that car had been designed and manufac-
tured by other human beings, and placed on the island by them. That
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