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Since the theory of evolution denies creation and any kind of super-
natural intervention, it maintains that the “first cell” originated coinci-
dentally within the laws of nature, without any design, plan or
arrangement. According to the theory, inanimate matter must have
produced a living cell as a result of coincidences. Such a claim, how-
ever, 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 primi-
tive understanding of science in his time rested on the assumption that
living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval times, spon-
taneous generation, which asserts that non-living materials came to-
gether 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. Some wheat was placed on a dirty piece of cloth, and
it was believed that mice would originate from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to be
evidence of spontaneous generation. However, it was later understood
that worms did not appear on meat spontaneously, but were carried
there by flies in the form of larvae, invisible to the naked eye.
Even when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, the belief that bacte-
ria could come into existence from non-living matter was widely ac-
cepted in the world of science.
However, five years after the publication of Darwin’s book, Louis
Pasteur announced his results after long studies and experiments, that
disproved spontaneous generation, a cornerstone of Darwin’s theory.
In his triumphal lecture at the Sorbonne in 1864, Pasteur said: “Never
will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal
blow struck by this simple experiment.” 1
For a long time, advocates of the theory of evolution resisted these
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