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mechanism," is actually a genetic occurrence that harms living beings

and leaves them disabled. (The most common effect of mutation on

human beings is cancer.) Undoubtedly, a destructive mechanism

cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural selection, on the

other hand, can do nothing by itself as Darwin also accepted. This fact

shows that there is no evolutionary mechanism in nature. And since

no evolutionary mechanism exists, no imaginary process called

evolution could have taken place.

The Fossil Record: No Sign of Intermediate Forms

The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by the theory

of evolution did not take place is the fossil record. According to the

theory of evolution, every living species sprung from a predecessor. A

previously existing species developed into something else with time,

and all species have come into being in this way. According to the

theory, this transformation proceeds gradually over millions of years.

Had it been the case, then numerous intermediary species

should have existed and lived within this long transformation period.

For instance, some half-fish, half-reptiles should have lived in the past

which acquired some reptilian traits in addition to the fish traits they

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