Wonders of Allah's Creation by Harun Yahya - page 98

A s you know , e v o l u t i on i s t s c l a im t ha t c r ea t u r e s
e v o l v e f r om ea c h o t he r . T he y s t a t e t ha t t he f i r s t
creature came about by chance. In time, that creature
changed into another, and that other creature turned
into another creature and so on. Let us i l lustrate this
w i t h an e x amp l e : E v o l u t i on i s t s s ay t ha t f i s h , f o r
example, have come from a creature that resembles a
starfish. This means that one day, due to mutation, a
s t a r f i s h l o s t one o f i t s a rms , and du r i ng t he ne x t
mi l l ions of years it lost al l of its arms except for some
t ha t s t a r t ed by t hems e l v e s t o de v e l op i n t o f i n s .
Meanwhi l e and s imul taneous l y , al l the other changes
that are necessary for a starfish to change into a fish
took place. (It is impossible for something l ike this to
happen but we are just putting together a scenario! ) .
According to the tale of evolutionists, a starfish has to
go through many phases to turn into a fish. If you look
at the drawing below you wi l l understand better just
how absurd this claim is.
Creatures that were passing phases between definite
s pe c i e s a r e c a l l ed t r an s i t i ona l f o rms . Mo r e o v e r ,
according to the theory of evolut ion, these creatures
a l l ough t t o hav e had ha l f - c omp l e t e o r gan s .
Fu r t he rmo r e , t he r e ough t t o hav e be en many l a t e r
t r an s i t i ona l f o rms s u c h a s f i s h t ha t t u r ned i n t o
r ep t i l e s , a s t he y s ugge s t . T he s e i n - be twe en s pe c i e s
would have to have had half feet, half fins, half lungs
and half gi l ls. If these creatures had real ly existed then
we should be able to find their remains, namely their
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Imaginary transitional forms
Starfish
fish
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