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The Dark Spell of Darwinism

According to evolutionists, reptiles—for example—are the ancestors of birds
and mammals. However, reptiles:
1- are covered with scales,
2- are cold-blooded and,
3- reproduce by laying eggs.
Mammals, on the other hand:
1- have hair on their bodies,
2- are warm-blooded, and
3- give birth to living young.
In short, between mammals and reptiles there is a great structural chasm
that cannot be crossed. One chief difference is the milk produced by mam-
mals. In order to claim that a reptile evolved into a mammal (if such a claim
were possible), it is necessary to explain how any creature suddenly begins
producing milk to nourish its young. See how an evolutionist invents a fairy
tale to explain how a reptile suddenly began to produce milk:

Some of the reptiles in the colder regions began to develop a method of keep-
ing their bodies warm. Their heat output increased when it was cold and their
heat loss was cut down when scales became smaller and more pointed, and
evolved into fur. Sweating was also an adaptation to regulate the body tem-
perature, a device to cool the body when necessary by evaporation of water.
But incidentally the young of these reptiles began to lick the sweat of the
mother for nourishment. Certain sweat glands began to secrete a richer and
richer secretion, which eventually became milk. Thus the young of these early
mammals had a better start in life. 33
The idea that a creature could get rich, well-balanced, milk-like nour-

ishment by licking its mother's body might be accepted by the scientists of
the Middle Ages or by listeners of a fairytale. But the sweating process is
very complex and is needed to keep the temperature of the body stable.
Reptiles do not sweat, and evolutionists have not been able to explain logi-
cally how it is that mammals do.

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