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a result of a process whereby numerous complex organs of these organ-
isms (e.g., ears, eyes, lungs, and wings) underwent "mutations," that is,
genetic disorders. Yet, there is an outright scientific fact that totally under-
mines this theory: 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 structure,
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 sys-
tem will be for the worse, not for the better. For example, if an earth-
quake 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 mu-
tations have proved to be harmful. It was understood that mutation,
which is presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a genetic
occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them disabled. (The most
common effect of mutation on human beings is cancer.) Of course, a de-
structive mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural se-
lection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as Darwin also
accepted. This fact shows us that there is no "evolutionary mechanism" in
nature. Since no evolutionary mechanism exists, 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 evo-
lution did not take place is the fossil record.

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