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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

maintains that millions of living beings formed as a result of a process
whereby numerous complex organs of these organisms (e.g., ears, eyes,
lungs, and wings) underwent "mutations," that is, genetic disorders.
Yet, there is an outright scientific fact that totally undermines this the-
ory: Mutations do not cause living beings to develop; on the contrary,
they are always harmful.
The reason for this is very simple: DNA has a very complex struc-
ture, and random effects can only harm it. The American geneticist B.
G. Ranganathan explains this as follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly, most muta-
tions are harmful since they are random, rather than orderly changes in
the structure of genes; any random change in a highly ordered system
will be for the worse, not for the better. For example, if an earthquake
were to shake a highly ordered structure such as a building, there
would be a random change in the framework of the building
which, in all probability, would not be an improvement. 9

Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful, that is,
which is observed to develop the genetic code, has been observed so
far. All mutations have proved to be harmful. It was understood that
mutation, which is presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actu-
ally a genetic occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them dis-
abled. (The most common effect of mutation on human beings is
cancer.) Of course, a destructive mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary
mechanism." Natural selection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by
itself," as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us that there is no "evo-
lutionary mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary mechanism ex-
ists, no such any imaginary process called "evolution" could have taken
place.

The Fossil Record: No Sign of Intermediate Forms
The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by the theory of
evolution did not take place is the fossil record.

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