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nius. Clearly, the fact that varieties of amino acid must be set
out in a specific number and in a specific order in order to form
useful proteins makes the Darwinist claim of ‘randomly com-
bining amino acids giving rise to proteins’ completely unten-
able.
This order belongs to God alone, Who created the atoms

and molecules together with all the living things on Earth.

The Bridge that Joins the Amino Acids
Together: The Peptide Bond

Another precondition must be met for proteins to form: In
addition to their correct amino acids being in the proper se-

quence, they must be correctly bound to one another. The bond
between amino acids is literally like a bridge. For each individ-
ual protein, the angles at which amino acids will be bound to
one another on this bridge, their directions, and the variety and
number of atoms within them have all been specially calculated.
For example, if two amino acids are joined at an angle different
than what it should be, this will prevent the completion of the

bridge, and thus hinder the formation of the protein. These spe-
cial bridges between amino acids are known as peptide bonds.
Scientists studying the biochemistry knew that almost all
the atoms in the molecules in the structure of living things were
connected by what's known as a covalent bond. However, re-
searches revealed that amino acids combining to form proteins

formed a special bond previously undescribed. This is an un-
changing rule for all proteins.
In 1902, Hofmeister and Fisher first uncovered the impor-
tance of these bonds in the formation of proteins. These two re-
searchers performed a test named the ‘biuret’ in order to study