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Once Upon a Time
There Was Darwinism

In 19th-century England, the dark moths be-
came prevalent, and this coloration was given the name
melanism. Based on this, Darwinists composed a myth that

they would use consistently for at least a century, claiming that it
was a most important proof of evolution at work. This myth found
its place in nearly all biology textbooks, encyclopedia articles, mu-
seums, media coverage and documentary films about Darwinism.
The myth's narrative can be summed up as follows: At the be-
ginning of the Industrial Revolution, in Manchester and other pre-
dominantly industrial areas, the bark on the trees was light in

color. For this reason, darker, melanic moths landed on these trees
could easily be seen by the birds that preyed on them, so that their
life expectancy was very short. But 50 years later, as a result of in-
dustrial pollution, the light-colored lichens that lived on bark died
off and the bark itself became blackened by soot. Now predators
could easily spot the light-colored moths. As a result, the number
of light-colored moths decreased, while the dark-colored melanic
forms, harder to notice on the trees, survived to reproduce.
Evolutionists resorted to the deception that this process was a

major proof for their theory; and that over time, light-colored
moths had "evolved" into a darker-colored type. According to
Darwinist literature, this was evolution in action.
Today, however, like the other classic Darwinist myths, this
one has been discredited. In order to understand why, we must
look at how the story developed.

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