Page 106 - Quick Grasp of Faith 2

they fabricate an imaginary scenario asserting that dinosaurs
who flapped their front legs to hunt flies took flight. It is, un-
doubtedly, senseless for a theory which cannot come up with
an explanation even for a tiny fly, to comment on how com-
pletely flightless creatures managed to take to the air.
Evolutionists have valid reasons for not mentioning the
origin of flies. First of all, flies have a perfect flight mecha-
nism, which cannot be wholly imitated even with today's
technology. An average fly has a wing system that enables it
to flutter its wings 500 times a second. Moreover, this system
is planned so perfectly that it is able to move both its wings
simultaneously at such an amazing speed. Apart from this,
it has a complex respiratory system. It can use the oxygen it
needs to fly in a much quicker and much more efficient way
than other living things.
English biologist Robin Wootton describes the perfect
creation of the fly as follows:
The better we understand the functioning of insect
wings, the more subtle and beautiful their designs ap-
pear. . . . Structures are traditionally designed to deform
as little as possible; mechanisms are designed to move
component parts in predictable ways. Insect wings com-
bine both in one, using components with a wide range of
elastic properties, elegantly assembled to allow appropri-
ate deformations in response to appropriate forces and to
make the best possible use of air. They have few if any
technological parallels – yet. (Robin J. Wootton, "The Me-
chanical Design of Insect Wings", Scientific American, v.
263, November 1990, p.120)

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