Page 87 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

CHAPTER 2.

LIVING THINGS CREATED

FOR MAN

here is no need to explore a rain forest or
beneath the sea, with a microscope or
T technological equipment, to comprehend
the magnificent variety of life on Earth. All you
need to do, is look at the plant and animal species
around you in order to realize that you live in a

world along with living things of all kinds.
However, most people either ignore this fact or feel
no need to think about it, and thus fall into a seri-
ous error, because biodiversity is essential to the
countless balances on Earth and to human life. To
obtain a better understanding of its importance,
consider what we obtain thanks to different forms
of life and what we would lose if they were to dis-
appear. 90

From birth to death, we humans make use of
these micro-organisms, both plants and animals, but
pay them nothing in return. Ruth Patrick, an expert
on biological diversity of the Philadelphia Academy