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sence of just one out of hundreds of proteins will cause the oth-
ers to become useless.

The theory of evolution, which maintains that life emerged
gradually and through minute changes, is thus unable to ac-
count for the formation of the microhairs. The biochemist
Michael Behe's book, Darwin's Black Box, contains powerful
criticisms of the theory of evolution. It devotes considerable
space to proteins and the hairs in cells, and describes the theory

of evolution's inadequacy in trying to explain them:
As biochemists have begun to examine apparently simple
structures like cilia and flagella, they have discovered stagger-
ing complexity, with dozens or even hundreds of precisely tai-

lored parts. It is very likely that many of the parts we have not
considered here are required for any cilium to function in a
cell. As the number of required parts increases, the difficulty of
gradually putting the system together skyrockets, and the like-
lihood of indirect scenarios plummets. Darwin looks more and
more forlorn. New research on the roles of the auxiliary pro-
teins cannot simplify the irreducibly complex system. The in-
transigence of the problem cannot be alleviated; it will only get
worse. Darwinian theory has given no explanation for the cil-

ium or flagellum. The overwhelming complexity of the swim-
ming systems push us to think it may never give an explana-
tion... Cilia and flagella are far from the only problems for
Darwinism. 59
As Behe states, the minute hairs that propel the cells are

just one of the facts that refute Darwinism. Life has been
equipped with countless such miracles, each of which intro-
duces us to the infinite might, intelligence, knowledge, and in-
comparable creative artistry of our Almighty Lord. On seeing