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training, the transmission of the necessary signals to appropriate locations
by the cells at the right time, and the thousands of combinations needed
by our genes to produce antibodies, or the storing of limitless information
in the memory cells, would all be worthless. The system would simply
not work. Similarly, the existence of the many and varied functions of the
human body, which has an irreducible complexity, is equally useless in

the absence of a defence system. If the defence system did not exist or fail-
ed to operate properly, no human being would be able to survive.
How then do evolutionists explain the formation of such a vital and
complex system? Actually, they have no answers which can shed light on
the subject. Their only assertion is based on the view that the defence sys-
tem has developed through gradual evolutionary processes. They hold
that the mechanisms that provide this gradual development are "natural
selection" and "mutations".
But it is impossible for slight, successive coincidental modifications

to produce such a complex system as the theory of evolution suggests. As
emphasized before, the immune system would simply not function unless
it existed with all its elements intact. To reiterate, a malfunctioning de-
fence system would cause the human being to die within a short time.
The second point of the argument is the process of "Natural Selec-
tion". As we will explain in more detail in the chapter, "The Evolution De-

ceit", the process of "Natural Selection" refers to the transfer of advanta-
geous qualities to subsequent generations.
There is a consensus among scientists that the concept of such a
mechanism is far from being satisfactory in explaining complex systems.
The renowned American specialist in biochemistry, Michael J. Behe, made
the following statements with relation to natural selection in his book,
"Darwin’s Black Box":

An irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would be
a powerful challenge to Darwinian evolution. Since natural selection can
only choose systems that are already working, then if a biological system