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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

underwent no
subsequent changes.
As can be seen from
the fossils that constitute
our source of information
on the living things which
have existed throughout history,
living things possessing fully
formed features have always lived on
Earth. Their feet, hands, wings, skins,
feathers, lungs, skulls, backbones, and skele-
tons are all complete, unique and in the ideal
form. No half-formed organ or limb in a transi-
tional stage is ever found in any fossil.
Even before that, another miracle took place. There
being no life on Earth it suddenly became filled with a living
community of the very greatest variety. Life came suddenly to a planet
consisting of stone, earth and water.
All these things reveal two very important truths: The theory of
evolution, which maintains that living things are descended from a
common ancestor by means of random changes, is not true. The
history of life definitively and clearly refutes the theory of evolu-
tion. The second fact is that there is a Mighty Creator, pos-
sessed of a matchless creative artistry, an incomparable
Intelligence, infinite Knowledge, and a Power which
makes life suited to the Earth and Who creates very dif-
ferent living things from nothing.
That Creator is Almighty God, Lord of the
Worlds, Who has sent messengers and prophets to
mankind throughout history, and called people to the
truth with the Torah, the

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