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The First Insurmountable
Step: The Origin of Life

The theory of evolution posits that
all living species evolved from a single
living cell that emerged on the primi-
tive Earth 3.8 billion years ago. How a
single cell could generate millions of
complex living species and, if such an
evolution really occurred, why traces
of it cannot be observed in the fossil
record are some of the questions that Charles Darwin
the theory cannot answer. However, first and foremost, we need
to ask: How did this "first cell" originate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies Creation,
it maintains that the "first cell" originated as a product of blind
coincidences within the laws of nature, without any plan or
arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate matter must
have produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a
claim, however, is inconsistent with the most unassailable rules
of biology.

"Life Comes
From Life"

In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. The
primitive understanding of science in his time rested on the as-
sumption that living beings had a very simple structure. Since
medieval times, spontaneous generation, which asserts that non-
living materials came together to form living organisms, had
been widely accepted. It was commonly believed that insects
came into being from food leftovers, and mice from wheat.
Interesting experiments were conducted to prove this theory.

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar