Let's think of an aspirin pill for a moment; you will immediately
recall the mark in the middle of it. This mark is designed in order to help those
who intake half a dose. Every product that we see around us is of a certain design
even though not as simple as the aspirin pill. Everything from vehicles we use to
go to work, to TV remotes.
"Design", briefly, means a harmonious assembling of various parts
into an orderly form towards a common goal. Going by this definition, one would
have no difficulty in guessing that a car is a design. This is because there is a
certain goal, which is to transport people and cargo. In realization of this goal
various parts such as the engine, tires and body are planned and assembled
in the plant.
However, what about a living creature? Can a bird and mechanics
of its flying be a design as well? Before giving an answer, let us repeat the
evaluation we did for the example of a car. The goal at hand, in this case, is to
fly. For this purpose, hollowed bones, strong muscles that move these bones
are utilized together with feathers capable of suspending in the air. Wings are
formed aerodynamically, and metabolism is in tune with the bird's need for
high levels of energy. It is obvious that the bird is product of a certain design.
If one explores other creatures besides a bird, similar facts are
attained. There are examples of a certain meticulous design in every creature.
If one continues further on this quest, one would discover that our selves are
also a part of this certain design. Your hands that hold these pages are
functional as no robot hands could ever be. Your eyes that read these lines
are making vision possible with such focus that the best camera on earth
simply cannot.
Hence one arrives at this important conclusion; all creatures in
Nature, including us, are of a Design. This, in turn, shows the existence of a
Creator Who designs all creatures at will, sustains the entire nature and holds
absolute power and wisdom.
However, this truth is rejected by the theory of evolution that
was formed in the middle of 19th century. The theory set forth in Charles
Darwin's book "On The Origin of Species" asserts that all creatures evolved
within a chain of coincidences and essentially mutated from one another.
According to the fundamental assertion of this theory all living
things go through minute and coincidental changes. If these coincidental
changes help the creature then it gains advantage over the others, which in
turn is carried onto following generations.
This scenario has been passed around as if it is a very scientific
and convincing one for 140 years. When scrutinized under a bigger microscope
and when compared against the examples of the Design in creatures Darwin's
theory paints a very different picture i.e. Darwinism's explanation of creation
is nothing more than a self-conflicting vicious circle.
Let us first focus on the "coincidental changes". Darwin could
not provide a comprehensive definition to this concept due to lack of
genealogical knowledge in his time. The evolutionists who followed him put
forth the concept of "mutation" on this subject. Mutation is arbitrary
disconnections, dislocation or shifts of genes in living things. Most important
point is that there is not one single mutation in history that is shown to
improve the condition of genetic information of a creature. Nearly all the
known cases of mutations disable or harm these creatures and the rest are
neutral in effect. Therefore, to think that a creature can improve through
mutation is same as shooting at a crowd of people and hope that the
injuries will result in healthier and improved individuals. This would
clearly be nonsense.
As importantly, on contrary to all the scientific data, even if
one assumes that a certain mutation could actually improve a being's
condition, Darwinism still cannot be delivered from inevitable collapse.
The reason for this is a concept called "irreducible complexity".
The implication of this concept is that majority of systems
and organs in living things function as a result of various independent
parts working together, elimination or disabling of even one of which
would be enough to disable the entire system or organ.
For example, an ear perceives sounds only through a
chain reaction of a series of smaller organs. Take out or deform one of
these, e.g. one of the bones of the middle ear, and there would be no
hearing whatsoever. In order for an ear to perceive a variety of components
such as auditory meatus, malleous, incus and stapes bones, tympanic
membrane, cochlea and fluid, sensory cells, vibration sensor extensions
of these cells, net of nerves that connect to brain and hearing center in
the brain have to work together without exception.
The system could not have developed in segments because
none of the segments could possibly function alone at all.
Hence the concept of irreducible complexity demolishes
the theory of evolution from its foundations. What is really interesting is
the fact that Darwin also worried about these very prospects. He wrote in
On The Origin of Species:
"If the impossibility of formation of a complex organ through
a series of small changes was ever to be proven my theory would have
certainly collapsed. However I could not find such an organ..." (Charles
Darwin, The Origin of Species: A Facsimile of the First Edition, Harvard
University Press, 1964, page 189.)
Darwin could not or might not have wanted to find such
an organ at the premature levels of 19th century science. However the
science of 20th century did study the nature down to minute details and
proved that majority of living structures embody irreducible complexity.
Therefore, Darwin's theory has most "certainly collapsed" just as he feared.
As we examine the living beings we will not only see an
immense error Darwinism makes but also witness the greatness of wisdom
that these systems were created with. These mechanisms will be found
anywhere from the wings of a bird to inside a bat's skull. Hence we will see
the indisputable evidences of God's creation without error. Likewise, the
power and faculty of God to create without error is expressed in a surah
of Qur'an as follows:
"He is God - the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form.
To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and
earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise." (Qur'an, Al-Hashr, 59:24)
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This is a copyright article of Harun Yahya.