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THE EVOLUTION MISCONCEPTION 91

ances which atoms rest upon, and further, in the animate world,
we can observe in what complex designs these atoms were
brought together, and how extraordinary are the mechanisms
and structures such as proteins, enzymes, and cells, which are
manufactured with them.
This extraordinary design in life invalidated Darwinism at the
end of the twentieth century.
We have dealt with this subject in great detail in some of our
other studies, and shall continue to do so. However, we think
that, considering its importance, it will be helpful to make a
short summary here as well.

The Scientific Collapse of Darwinism
Although a doctrine going back as far as ancient Greece, the
theory of evolution was advanced extensively in the 19th cen-
tury. The most important development that made the theory the
top topic of the world of science was the book by Charles
Darwin titled The Origin of Species published in 1859. In this
book, Darwin denied that different living species on the earth
were created separately by Allah. According to Darwin, all liv-
ing beings had a common ancestor and they diversified over
time through small changes.
Darwin's theory was not based on any concrete scientific find-
ing; as he also accepted, it was just an "assumption." Moreover,
as Darwin confessed in the long chapter of his book titled
"Difficulties of the Theory," the theory was failing in the face of
many critical questions.
Darwin invested all his hopes in new scientific discoveries,
which he expected to solve the "Difficulties of the Theory."
However, contrary to his expectations, scientific findings ex-
panded the dimensions of these difficulties.
The defeat of Darwinism against science can be reviewed
under three basic topics: