Myth # 3 - Animals evolved from one kind into another
One of nature’s most compelling images of transformation is that of the butterfly. The idea of an egg that dissolves into a caterpillar which then spins its’ own cocoon and finally gives birth to a butterfly is truly amazing - and it didnt take millions of years to happen - just a couple of weeks !
Why is the evolution industry silent on butterfly metamorphosis?
The answer is simple—the same DNA is found in all four life cycles;
egg, caterpillar (larva), cocoon (pupa) and butterfly (adult).
Metamorphosis, to the theory of evolution, is an enigma.
The word transformation means to change the structure or form of a thing. It’s about changing at the core or foundation as opposed to superficial or surface level change. The butterfly comes into being only after undergoing several structural changes. First it is an egg, then a hairy worm, then caterpillar, and finally a a 'new creation' ie a butterfly.
The next lesson butterflies have to offer is about the cycle of life, and how it relates to transformation. Most people think life is a straight line with two ends – birth and death. The butterfly teaches us that life is really a circular process of birth, death, and rebirth. Every stage of the butterfly coming into being involves a birth of one form that then dies and gives birth to a newer more advanced form. Interestingly, this is exactly what happened to me in 1987 when I was' born again.'
Back to the butterfly: The egg first develops into a caterpillar before transitioning into a cocoon. Amazingly, inside the cocoon, the caterpillar is destroyed before developing into the stunningly colorful butterfly . According to the theory of evolution, the DNA (genotype) determines the form (phenotype). The fact that the metamorphosis of the butterfly uses the same DNA in all four cycles, challenges gene-centric theories of evolution.
With the same DNA producing different forms, the message is clear: DNA is not the lone blueprint controller of life. Genetic evidence from the butterfly undermines the Central Dogma of evolution—“one gene, one protein.” The butterfly is not an isolated phenomenon. Italian geneticist Giuesppe Sermonti points out that “examples of highly divergent forms possessing one and the same DNA are so conspicuous and so numerous that the marvel is that they have attracted so little attention.”
Even more astounding in the case of the butterfly, Sermonti notes, “what we call metamorphosis is not really a change in form. Once the pupa, or chrysalis, stage is reached, the caterpillar starts emptying itself: its organs dissolve, and its outer covering is shed. Only certain groups of cells, called marginal disks, remain vital. From these cells develop all the structures of adult.”
The larva of the butterfly not only changes form, but actually dissolves before rebuilding into the structure of a butterfly—a new life-form. From the same DNA arises a completely different organism. According to Sermonti, the same DNA, then, can play different roles: “DNA may lend itself to such diverse forms, but it is not the DNA that imposes the blueprint.” The presence of the same DNA in different life-forms has been given the term “genomic equivalence”. This means that control of the cell is beyond the DNA, or “epigenetic.”
Brian Goodman, Canadian developmental biologist and key founder of theoretical biology, focuses on the methods of mathematics and physics to understand processes in biology concludes –
"While genes are responsible for determining which molecules an organism can produce, the molecular composition of organisms does not, in general, determine their form."
H. Frederik Nijhout of the Department of Biology at Duke University, a critic of Crick’s central dogma, came to the conclusion that “the only strictly correct view of the function of genes [DNA] is that they supply cells, and ultimately organisms, with chemical materials.” The butterfly nightmare phenomena in evolution adherents are real, the result of the holding on to the belief: DNA mutation + natural selection = evolution—a theory not supported by evidence in nature.
State funded evolutionary education along with the high priests of evolution, Jerry Coyne, and Niles Eldridge, should now deliver a therapeutic service to humanity by addressing blatant contradictions between the theory of evolution and natural history.
One of nature’s most compelling images of transformation is that of the butterfly. The idea of an egg that dissolves into a caterpillar which then spins its’ own cocoon and finally gives birth to a butterfly offers the perfect allegory for what takes place in individual when they are 'born again'.No wonder French geneticist, discoverer of the Down syndrome, Jérôme Lejeune, cut to the chase – “There is no theory of evolution.”
Source : Darwin Then & Now
The
platypus is one of the most unusual creatures in the animal kingdom.
Platypuses have a paddle-shaped tail like a beaver; a sleek, furry body
like an otter; and a flat bill and webbed feet like a duck.
If there was ever one simple example to prove evolution a lie, the
duck billed Platypus has got to be it! In fact, the first time a platypus was brought from Australia to
Britain, people couldn't believe that it was a real animal. They thought
that a trickster had sewn two animals together, according to the BBC. If evolution is a sound theory, what were the ancestors of this amazing creature?
When
you look at the platypus, you see that it has a beak which is exactly
like a bird. Darwinists go by the world view that dinosaurs turned into
birds, but platypus has a beak! We see no dinosaurs with beaks, but the
scientists ignore this problem and want us to believe that birds came
from dinosaurs. Now that is silly stuff! The Platypus
is also the only mammal with venomous spines, and we do not hear of
other mammals that are venomous. The other animals that are venomous,
such as snakes and spiders, are NOT mammals. How can the evilutionist
community explain this without making silly cartoon sketches and
worshiping that silly mesozoic mythology? How can a rat mate with a
viper to produce a platypus? Checkmate, atheists!
Another
problem is that the platypus lays eggs! No other mammal is known to lay
eggs and this is another problem that you will never hear from the
atheists. Because the platypus lays eggs, this disproves evolution and
proves that this mammal is another unique kind created by God.
Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Rank: Species
Common names: Duck-billed Platypus
The Amazing Sea Horse
The Creator offers few sights more incredible, and yet more delicately beautiful, than a living sea horse. It swims erect and slowly, with its tail twisting forward to perhaps grip a seaweed frond, while its alert eyes search for food or danger. Sea horses make popular saltwater aquarium pets, and any public aquarium with them draws enthralled groups thronging to watch these elegant fish drifting around their tanks. Sometimes sea horses meet in midstream and tangle their curling tails. Then, just as elegantly, they uncoil them from each other and sedately swim away.
Sea horses usually live along the shore, among seaweed and other plants. They have only one mate, and generally don’t travel more than a few metres. Their size varies from about four to 30 centimetres (1½–12 inches), and they continue to grow throughout their three years of life. There are various species of sea horses, including the dwarf sea horse (an Atlantic form smaller than any other), a brown sea horse of Europe, a large brown or blackish Pacific sea horse, and a medium-sized sea horse of Australia.
Unique creation
Unique creation
So unique is the sea horse that it is difficult to accept, as the evolutionists would like us to, that it is the product of purposeless evolutionary forces. In fact, study the sea horse carefully and you find evidence that points to its being wonderfully designed by God the Creator.
A protective bony armour cleverly protects it from imminent danger. So strong is this armour that it is almost impossible to crush a dried dead sea horse in your hands. Its tough skeleton makes it unappetizing for predators, so sea horses are usually left alone. The female is totally enclosed in this protective armour, while the male is similarly enclosed except for the lower part of its abdomen. The armour surrounding its body often shows a number of bony rings.
The sea horse is unique among fishes in that its head is set at right angles to its body. It swims with its body held upright. It can bend its head down or up, but not from side to side. The inability to move its head from side to side would in other creatures create problems, but the Creator in His wisdom has designed the sea horse’s eyes to move independently, swivelling about to watch each side. The sea horse uses its fins to swim vertically, and rises or sinks by cleverly altering the volume of gas within its swim bladder. If this bladder is damaged, and it loses even a tiny bit of gas, it sinks to the bottom, where it will lie helpless until death.
If the sea horse is the product of evolution, we must ask how this creature managed to survive while its bladder evolved? The whole idea of the sea horse’s complex bladder evolving by trial and error is unimaginable. Clearly, it is more reasonable to believe it was created through the work of the Master Designer.
Babies arrive by male!
Probably the most amazing, if not bizarre, aspect of the sea horse is that the male gives birth to its live young. This strange phenomenon has been known for only the past century or so. The male has at the base of its abdomen, where it lacks armour plating, a large skin pouch and a slit-like opening. The female lays the eggs directly into this pouch, where the male fertilizes them as they are deposited.
She may continue laying eggs until the pouch is full, perhaps with as many as 600 eggs. The lining inside the pouch becomes sponge-like and filled with blood vessels which play some part in nourishing the eggs. This is an extraordinary characteristic of the male sea horse. Egg-laying complete, the dad-to-be swims off with his swollen pouch—a living baby carriage. One or two months later he gives birth to tiny replicas of the adults. The little bundles of joy are squirted out until the pouch is empty. At times dad may use quite forceful muscular contractions to eject the last of his brood. It is an incredible sight when the young pour forth, and the process of giving birth is exhausting for father sea horse. Baby sea horses are not called ‘sea foals’—just ‘young’.
Evolution is at a loss to account for the sea horse’s reproductive functions. The whole process is simply too unorthodox. Indeed, the whole make-up of the sea horse is something of an enigma, if one tries to explain it as a product of evolution. As one authority said some years ago, ‘The “sea horse”? is in a similar category with the platypus, as far as evolution is concerned: it presents an enigma that baffles and frustrates all theories that seek to account for it! Admit the Divine Designer, and all is accounted for.’
Fossil problem for evolutionists
Design is evident in the seahorse, but the fossil record is another problem for those who believe sea horses have evolved. The evolutionist needs fossils showing a gradual development of lower animal life into the more complex sea horse to establish that the sea horse is the result of evolutionary processes over millions of years. Unfortunately for the evolutionist, ‘fossil sea horses are unknown’.
Like countless creatures of the sea, sky and land, there is no link connecting the sea horse to any other form of life. Like all other basic kinds of creatures, the complex sea horse appears to have been created suddenly, as the book of Genesis implies.
Article from: Creation, 16(3):38-40, June 1994
References
Fred John Meldau, quoted in: Homer Duncan, Evolution the incredible hoax, Missionary Crusader, Lubbock (Texas), 1978, p. 86. Return to text.Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 19, 1992, p. 255
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