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living beings due to such external factors as radiation or
replication errors, as the "cause of favorable variations" in
addition to natural mutation.
Today, the model that Darwinists espouse, despite their
own awareness of its scientific invalidity, is neo-Darwinism.
The theory maintains that millions of living beings formed as
a result of a process whereby numerous complex organs of
these organisms (e.g., ears, eyes, lungs, and wings) underwent

"mutations," that is, genetic disorders. Yet, there is an outright
scientific fact that totally undermines this theory: Mutations
do not cause living beings to develop; on the contrary, they
are always harmful.
The reason for this is very simple: DNA has a very
complex structure, and random effects can only harm it. The
American geneticist B. G. Ranganathan explains this as
follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly, most
mutations are harmful since they are random, rather than orderly
changes in the structure of genes; any random change in a highly
ordered system will be for the worse, not for the better. For example,
if an earthquake were to shake a highly ordered structure
such as a building, there would be a random change in the

framework of the building which, in all probability, would
not be an improvement. 59
Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful,
that is, which is observed to develop the genetic code, has
been observed so far. All mutations have proved to be
harmful. It was understood that mutation, which is presented
as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a genetic
occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them disabled.