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2. Around 100 proteins need to be present in order for a single
protein to be synthesized. There therefore need to be proteins for pro-
teins to exist.
3. DNA manufactures the protein-synthesizing enzymes.
Protein cannot be synthesized without DNA. DNA is therefore also
needed in order for proteins to form.
4. All the organelles in the cell have important tasks in protein
synthesis. In other words, in order for proteins to form a perfect and
fully functioning cell needs to exist together with all its organelles.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of a cell and
which stores genetic information, is a magnificent databank. If the infor-
mation coded in DNA were written down, it would make a giant library
consisting of an estimated 900 volumes of encyclopedias consisting of
500 pages each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA can replicate
itself only with the help of some specialized proteins (enzymes).
However, the synthesis of these enzymes can be realized only by the
information coded in DNA. As they both depend on each other, they
have to exist at the same time for replication. This brings the scenario
that life originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evolu-
tionist of repute from the University of San Diego, California, confesses
this fact in the September 1994 issue of the Scientific American magazine:
It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids, both
of which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously in the
same place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible to have
one without the other. And so, at first glance, one might have to
conclude that life could never, in fact, have originated by chemical
means. 78
No doubt, if it is impossible for life to have originated spontaneous-
ly as a result of blind coincidences, then it has to be accepted that life
was created. This fact explicitly invalidates the theory of evolution,
whose main purpose is to deny Creation.

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