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The Cell in 40 Topics

One of the facts nullifying the theory of evolution is the incred-
ibly complex structure of life. The DNA molecule, located in
the nucleus of cells of living beings, is a sort of databank
formed of the arrangement of four different molecules in
different sequences. It contains the codes of all the phys-
ical traits of that living being. When the human DNA is
put into writing, it is calculated that this
would result in an encyclopedia made
up of 900 volumes. Unquestionably,
such extraordinary information
definitively refutes the concept
of coincidence.

library consisting of an estimated 900 volumes of encyclopedias con-
sisting of 500 pages each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA can
replicate itself only with the help of some specialized proteins (en-
zymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes can be realized
only by the information coded in DNA. As they both depend on
each other, they have to exist at the same time for replication. This

brings the scenario that life originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof.
Leslie Orgel, an evolutionist of repute from the University of San
Diego, California, confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of
the Scientific American magazine:
It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids, both of
which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously in the same
place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible to have one with-
out the other. And so, at first glance, one might have to conclude that
life could never, in fact, have originated by chemical means. 35
No doubt, if it is impossible for life to have originated from nat-

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