God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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a protein is more complicated and the number of
DNA links needed to code for it jumps from ten to
twenty. A thousand billion generations would then
be needed, and if one hundred links are required
(as is often the case), the number of generations
would be impossibly high because no organism
reproduces fast enough to achieve this. The
situation for the neo-Darwinian theory is evidently
hopeless. It might be possible for genes to be
modified slightly during the course of evolution,
but the evolution of specific sequences of DNA
links of any appreciable length is clearly not
possible’ (p.110).
And in any case, as Hoyle had earlier stated,
‘Shufflings of the DNA code are disadvantageous
because they tend to destroy cosmic genetic
information rather than to improve it.’
To solve this problem, another theory, called the
Panspermia Theory, was formed. It held that life
originated in outer space. From there it came to
earth. But as it turned out, this theory created new
problems of its own. Where in the vastness of space
was there a planet or a star with the conditions
