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to survive. By way of analogy, random additions of sentences to the
plays of Shakespeare are not likely to improve them! . . . The princi-
ple that DNA changes are harmful by virtue of reducing survival
chances applies whether a change in DNA is caused by a mutation
or by some foreign genes we deliberately add to it. 6
The well-known mathematician Dr. Warren Weaver:

Moreover, the mutant genes, in the vast majority of cases, and in all
the species so far studied, lead to some kind of harmful effect. In ex-
treme cases the harmful effect is death itself, or loss of the ability to
produce offspring, or some other serious abnormality. 7
Many will be puzzled about the statement that practically all known
mutant genes are harmful. For mutations are a necessary part of the
process of evolution. How can a good effect—evolution to higher
forms of life—result from mutations practically all of which are
harmful? 8
Weaver's question is a very important one, and demands an an-
swer from evolutionists: How can a good effect—evolution to higher
forms of life—result from mutations practically all of which are

harmful?
I.L. Cohen, a member of the New York Academy of Sciences,
says: "To propose and argue that mutations even in tandem with 'nat-
ural selection' are the root-causes for 6,000,000 viable, enormously
complex species, is to mock logic, deny the weight of evidence, and
reject the fundamentals of mathematical probability." This statement
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unmasks the absurdity of those who believe that all life forms are the

work of mutation and natural selection.
Another reason why evolutionists' claims regarding mutation
are not credible is that just as there are no beneficial mutations, there
is no mechanism in nature that might bring together and protect these
useful mutations. For example, a blind creature will need a few muta-

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