The Biological Argument

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British astronomer Fred Hoyle: 

• “The probability of cellular life's arising from non-living matter (abiogenesis) is about one-in 1,040,000. The chance that higher life forms might have emerged in this way is comparable to the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junkyard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein”

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Darwin himself told us that:

• “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down” (Origin of Species Variorum).  

The bacterial flagellum does in fact disprove his theory. 

This molecular machine requires numerous parts to coincide. It is an irreducibly complex system - if a single part isn’t operative, the machine cannot function or serve its purpose in any way. 

An irreducibly complex system cannot come about by numerous, successive, slight modifications because, by definition, an irreducibly complex system must have every interacting part present to function at all. 

Furthermore, synthetic chemist James Tour provides us with widely unknown information about the scientific understanding of the origins of life: 

• “Those who think scientist understand the issues of prebiotic chemistry are wholly misinformed. Nobody understands them” (On Prebiotic Chemistry).

As you can see the principles of evolution are not fully developed or understood and therefore cannot be trusted.

Sources:

“On Prebiotic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Urges an Admission of Ignorance.”Evolution News, 6 June 2016, evolutionnews.org/2016/06/on_prebiotic_ch/

“Origin of Species Variorum.” Darwin Online, darwin-online.org.uk/Variorum/1860/1860-189-c-1859.html.