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A HISTORICAL LIE: THE STONE AGE

forks used in a manner befitting human beings. People have always
lived in circumstances, spoken, constructed buildings and produced
artworks befitting human beings. There have been doctors, teachers,
tailors, engineers, architects and artists, in established social orders.
By the inspiration of God, people possessed of reason and good con-
science have always made the finest use of the blessings on Earth.
Of course, as technology has advanced and peoples have accu-
mulated knowledge, there have naturally been technological changes.
New devices have been developed in line with the prevailing circum-
stances, scientific discoveries have been made, and cultural changes
have occurred. However, the accumulation of knowledge and techno-
logical progress made over the course of history do not imply that any
evolution took place.
It's perfectly natural for knowledge to keep on accumulating. A
person enjoys different levels of learning in primary school, in his
high school years and at university. But if someone constantly accu-
mulates knowledge throughout his life, that doesn't mean that he is
constantly evolving and progressing by means of random effects. A
similar dynamic applies to the life of a society. New discoveries are
also made in light of a society's needs, new mechanisms are invented
and subsequently improved upon by later generations. Yet this is not
a process of evolution.

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