Page 254 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA

Harun Yahya

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But the most sweeping evolutionary questions at the lev-
el of biochemical genetics are still unanswered. How the
genetic code first appeared and then evolved and, ear-
lier even than that, how life itself originated on earth re-
main for the future to resolve. . . . Did the code and the
means of translating it appear simultaneously in evolu-
tion? It seems almost incredible that any such coincidence
could have occurred, given the extraordinary complexities of both sides
and the requirement that they be coordinated accurately for survival. By
a pre-Darwinian (or a skeptic of evolution after Darwin), this puzzle
would surely have been interpreted as the most powerful sort of evidence
for special creation. 200

Even a single-celled organism has a complexity far ex-
ceeding scientists' comprehension. This minute entity con-
tains a genetic code with the stunning capacity capable
of forming a copy of the organism all by itself. This
code has a structure requiring not just organization,
but also written information. Furthermore, it is not
enough for this DNA code merely to be written correctly.
The rest of the cell must also be able to read the code and
follow its instructions. In fact, all living things possess
flawless structures that carry out highly organized activities
in the light of the directives they receive.
It is certainly impossible for unconscious cell organ-
elles to learn the language of these codes by themselves,

or to unravel them as the result of chance. The existence
of the code, its decipherment, the transmission of the in-
formation it contains, the accurate use made of it-every
stage requires consciousness and intelligence. But how can en-
zymes and ribosomes in the cell know how to perform these ac-
tivities? Even if we assume that they do know, how can they de-