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Once Upon a Time
There Was Darwinism

atmosphere looked nothing like the Miller-Urey simu-
lation." 10
Another fact that invalidated the Miller experiment was
that the primordial atmosphere was ascertained to be rich in oxy-

gen. This totally undermined both the Miller experiment and other
chemical evolutionist scenarios, because oxygen has the special
ability to oxidize—that is, burn—all organic molecules. In the
body, this danger is averted by very special enzyme systems. In na-
ture, it is impossible for a free organic molecule not to be oxidized.
For decades, despite all these facts, the Miller experiment, as
we said, was touted as a very important explanation of the origins
of life. In their textbooks, students were told that "Miller showed
how organic compounds can be synthesized," or, "Miller showed

how the first cells were formed."
As a result, many educated people are in error in this regard.
For example, in some articles dealing with the theory of evolution,
one can read such statements as, "Combining and boiling such or-
ganic matter as amino acids or proteins produce life." This is prob-
ably the superstition that the Miller experiment left in the minds of
some. The truth is, such a thing has never been observed. As ex-
plained above, the Miller Experiment, which tried to explain the
formation of amino acids, let alone the origin of life, is now shown
to be outmoded and invalid. It has suffered the same fate as Jan
Baptista van Helmont's so-called proof for abiogenesis on the basis

of maggots in meat or Athanasius Kircher's experiment.
In his book Algeny: A New World—A New World,
Jeremy Rifkin makes the same comparison saying that
if scientists had taken the trouble to feel even the

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