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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

n previous sections of this book, we have shown how the fossil record invalidates the theory of evolution.
In point of fact, there was no need for us to relate any of that, because the theory of evolution collapses

I long before one gets to any claims about the evidence of fossils. The subject that renders the theory mean-
ingless from the very outset is the question of how life first appeared on earth.
When it addresses this question, evolutionary theory claims that life started with a cell that formed by
chance. According to this scenario, four billion years ago various chemical compounds underwent a reaction in
the primordial atmosphere on the earth in which the effects of thunderbolts and atmospheric pressure led to

the formation of the first living cell.
The first thing that must be said is that the claim that nonliving materials can come together to form life is
an unscientific one that has not been verified by any experiment or observation. Life is only generated from life.
Each living cell is formed by the replication of another cell. No one in the world has ever succeeded in forming
a living cell by bringing inanimate materials together, not even in the most advanced laboratories.
The theory of evolution claims that a living cell—which cannot be produced even when all the power of the

human intellect, knowledge and technology are brought to bear—nevertheless managed to form by chance
under primordial conditions on the earth. In the following pages, we will examine why this claim is contrary to
the most basic principles of science and reason.

An Example of the Logic of "Chance"

If one believes that a living cell can come into existence by chance, then there is nothing to prevent one from
believing a similar story that we will relate below. It is the story of a town.

One day, a lump of clay, pressed between the rocks in a barren land, becomes wet after it rains. The wet clay
dries and hardens when the sun rises, and takes on a stiff, resistant form. Afterwards, these rocks, which also
served as a mould, are somehow smashed into pieces, and then a neat, well shaped, and strong brick appears.
This brick waits under the same natural conditions for years for a similar brick to be formed. This goes on until
hundreds and thousands of the same bricks have been formed in the same place. However, by chance, none of
the bricks that were previously formed are damaged. Although exposed to storms, rain, wind, scorching sun,

and freezing cold for thousands of years, the bricks do not crack, break up, or get dragged away, but wait there
in the same place with the same determination for other bricks to form.
When the number of bricks is adequate, they erect a building by being arranged sideways and on top of
each other, having been randomly dragged along by the effects of natural conditions such as winds, storms, or
tornadoes. Meanwhile, materials such as cement or soil mixtures form under "natural conditions," with perfect

timing, and creep between the bricks to clamp them to each other. While all this is happening, iron ore under

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