Page 55 - Once Upon a Time There Was Darwinism

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

Lehigh University, writes about the discovery of
the complexity of living things:

Since the mid-1950s biochemistry has painstakingly elucidated
the workings of life at the molecular level. . . . Nineteenth century
science could not even guess at the mechanism of vision, immunity,
or movement, but modern biochemistry has identified the mole-
cules that allow those and other functions. It was once expected that
the basis of life would be exceedingly simple. That expectation has
been smashed. Vision, motion and other biological functions have
proven to be no less sophisticated than television cameras and auto-
mobiles. Science has made enormous progress in understanding
how the chemistry of life works, but the elegance and complexity of
biological systems at the molecular level have paralyzed science's
attempt to explain their origins. . . Many scientists have gamely as-
serted that explanations are already in hand, or will be sooner or
later, but no support for such assertions can be found in the profes-
sional science literature. More importantly, there are compelling
reasons—based on the structure of the systems themselves—to
think that a Darwinian explanation for the mechanisms of life will
forever prove elusive. 13
So, what is so complex in a cell? Behe answers:
Shortly after 1950, science advanced to the point where it could de-
termine the shapes and properties of a few of the molecules that
make up living organisms. Slowly, painstakingly, the structures of
more and more biological molecules were elucidated, and the way
they work inferred from countless experiments. The cumulative re-
sults show with piercing clarity that life is based on machines—
machines made of molecules! Molecular machines haul cargo
from one place in the cell to another along "highways" made
of other molecules, while still others act as cables, ropes,
and pulleys to hold the cell in shape. Machines turn

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