Address Them as Children
What are you doing?
I'm showing you how to turn
a chameleon into a bird
Oh really?!
Look, this is a chameleon
Okay!
If we give it a beak
like so...
This is the beak
We shorten the tail
and the limbs
Look, we'll add two wings
This is a wing
Look, it flew away!
Peace be upon you
In an article by the American author
Noam Chomsky, titled:
"10 Strategies of Manipulation
by the Media"
he presents ten methods used
by the media to brainwash people
Among them, he lists:
Address them as children
This is what the myth disciples
do as they discuss
the transformation
of one species into another;
as if living creatures are playdough
that can be simply
reshaped to produce another creature
like a sketch on paper
or a 3D image
to be stretched here
and shortened there
Just a few clicks of your mouse
then, voila!
We have another being
without any consideration
for the massive changes
in vital organs and genetic coding
that such external morphological
changes require!
Let's take a simpler and
less complicated example
We will not discuss
the transformation of a species
into another;
completely different in its vital organs
We'll discuss
a small change in a living being:
The giraffe, whose neck
—per Darwin and his followers—
elongated over many generations
Like Lamarck, Darwin believed
that this happened as a result
of stretching out the neck
to reach the leaves of the tree
Darwin's followers knew
that this was a myth
so they called it:
random mutations
So, random mutations
lengthened the neck. End of story!
Let's see what such an elongation requires
in terms of changes in body systems
in the cardiovascular system;
as an example
The distance between
the giraffe's heart
and its head is about
3 meters (around 10 Feet);
almost the height of
a one-storey building
Thus, the giraffe's heart must be
very strong to pump blood to its head
because the flow of blood
opposes the force of gravity
Indeed, the giraffe's heart may weigh
more than 11 kilograms (25 lb)
and be around 60 centimeters long (2ft)
and the heart’s wall thickness
may reach 7.5 cm (3.0 in)
so it can pump blood
with great pressure
to the giraffe's head
against gravity
Imagine now: When the giraffe
bends down to drink water
the blood flow aligns with gravity
This means higher blood pressure
to the brain which might cause
the blood vessels in the head
to explode
Yet, this does not happen!
Why?
Because of the mechanisms in place
that prevent it from happening
First: There are valves
along the carotid arteries
that feed the brain
which decrease blood flow to the brain
when the giraffe bends down
But, even with these valves, the last flow
of blood to the brain can still rupture
the small arteries in the brain
So, there's a second protection mechanism
whereby the blood does not go directly
to the brain and its small arteries
but to a network of fine blood vessels
at the base of the skull
that work like a sponge
to absorb the shock and
regulate the blood flow gently
into the giraffe's brain
This network of capillaries expands
to accommodate excess amounts of blood
as the giraffe bends down
This highly complex network is called:
rete mirabile
which means: The wonderful network
as it's wonderful indeed!
Much scientific research
has been performed on it
The third preventive mechanism
is the presence of seven valves
in the jugular vein that carries blood
from the head to the heart
These valves prevent
the backflow of blood to the brain
These three mechanisms
work together to protect
the giraffe's brain from exploding
when it bends down to drink
But, what happens when the giraffe
lifts up its head again?
The thin blood vessels in the Wonderful
Network (rete mirabile) constrict
just in time to pump the blood
into the brain and
the valves in the carotid arteries
—traveling from the heart to the brain—
prevent blood from flowing downwards
so the brain gets enough blood
to prevent the Giraffe from fainting
We have the opposite problem
in the giraffe's legs
where the blood might accumulate
and cause swelling
Yet, this doesn't happen
because the legs have a thick tight skin
—similar to compression stockings
that some patients use—
to prevent blood
from accumulating in the extremities
Even NASA uses these
mechanisms in the giraffe
to design gravity suits
for astronauts
The long neck of the giraffe
requires this intricate design
and this is only at the level of
the cardiovascular system
Look up —if you wish— what
the long neck requires in
the digestive, respiratory,
nervous, and other systems
All this is an example
of irreducible complexity:
These mechanisms must be available
all at once (with a long neck)!
This doesn't fit in with
a slow gradual evolution process
as the size of the giraffe's heart
would rupture its veins if it had
a short neck.
On the other hand
a long neck without such
complex mechanisms
would prevent the blood
from reaching the brain
The matter is not
how the myth zealots portray it
It is not simply a matter
of stretching the neck
in a photoshop drawing;
with total contempt
for the minds of their followers
There is no place for randomness
or coincidence here
Do you know what the presence
of large heart in the giraffe means?
The Wonderful Network?
The valves?
The thick skin?
Each of these structures
requires a large variety
of complementary harmonious proteins
What does their formation
by random mutations mean?
I will give you an example
to clarify this idea
If we have 10 computers;
each with a different Word file
Each computer is connected to
a printer that prints
the Word file automatically every hour
in Braille
with blind people standing nearby
Each blind person holds the printed page
feels it with his fingers and
—based on its content—
he uses Lego blocks
to build certain shapes
Amidst the equipment
another blind person
takes what the 10 blind
people produce and
combines it together in a huge structure
In this example, the Word files on
computers symbolize the genetic coding
with its various genes
Printers symbolize the RNA
which makes copies of the genes
The blind people are the ribosomes
that read transcripts
and convert them into small proteins
Ultimately, the massive assembled
structure is one of the cell’s proteins
which is made up of
several smaller proteins
All this represents what happens in
just one cell of a living species
The myth disciples say that
random mutations equipped
the giraffe's evolutionary ancestors
with the amazing mechanisms
that we discussed earlier;
during its gradual neck elongation
Random mutations?!
To clarify:
Imagine 10 infants
each at one of these computers
hitting the keyboards randomly and
making changes in the Word file
which the printers print out
Then blind people assemble pieces
based on the new transcript
Of course, the infants must
type a lot of jumbled letters
to produce a new protein
The problem is that such
random typing would
corrupt the original Word file
i.e. the genetic material
required to produce
the proteins
necessary for this creature's life
The genetic material is made up
of billions of letters
It contains the code for
tens of thousands of proteins
A single change in a critical position
may result in disability or even death
They'll say:
"No problem!
Natural selection will eliminate
the non-viable species."
Just imagine how many
'non-viable' species may result
from the random typing of infants!
The infants continue striking
the keyboard, then, one day
the scrambled letters typed by one of them
successfully produce
a meaningful paragraph
which gets translated into
a new small useful protein
and by chance
the other 9 infants' random typing
also produces meaningful paragraphs;
at exactly the same time
which are then translated
into other small proteins
All of this needs to happen synchronously
with the restoration
of the original genetic code
to produce the original proteins
needed for this creature's life!
Then, the new small proteins grouped
together to produce a massive protein
which is one of the steps
needed to form a valve
Wait! There's more!
This happy event coincided
with other random events
in another chromosome
to produce
— through simultaneous coincidences—
another protein: a step on the way
to increase the size of the heart
All that happened in sync with
jumbling in others chromosomes
leading to the production of
a new collagen;
a step on the way to form
thick skin for the creature's legs
Thus, we get a viable transitional being
out of a sea of unsuccessful attempts
that nature has eliminated
We get a being with a slightly
longer neck than its ancestor
This formed creature now utters
its first words: "Here I am!
But, where is my wife?!"
To complete the joy of our
newly-formed being
the exact (or very similar)
random events
need to happen
—synchronously—
to produce
—by a series of coincidences—
a female
suitable for mating with the male
Millions of years pass, with
the infants still randomly typing,
destroying their additions,
reproducing them by chance,
and adding
new meaningful paragraphs
until a giraffe with a big heart,
Wonderful Network,
valves, special skin, and
harmonious dimensions emerges!
A biologist will completely
understands my example
and would know that
it's a much more complex process
If you wish to understand the issue
of genetic coding in more detail
please watch episode 19 of
"The Journey of Certainty" titled:
"The Amazing Genetic Code"
Any sane person who understands
cell structure and genetic coding
will realize that if we supply
a cell with endless amounts
of amino acids and expose it to
different factors for random mutations
then, the atmosphere, earth, land, and
sea will be filled with the failed
attempts and worthless proteins
without the cell transforming
into another type of cell
by a series of coincidences!
This, while thousands of cells
can fit on top of a pin's head
All that we mentioned
is a relatively simple change
in one creature:
The elongation of its neck!
You can now imagine
how ridiculous it is
when the myth disciples talk about
reptiles transforming into birds
or terrestrials transforming into whales
despite the huge differences in
all vital systems of these creatures
and the requirements
to produce new systems;
for flight or swimming
When you know this you'll realize
to what extent the myth zealots
demean the human mind
when they show you a drawing like this
or that!
Feathers growing on the hands
of a dinosaur to catch a mosquito!
Such a dramatic comedy!
Shame on you!
Indeed, people learned
—from the early prophecies—
"If you feel no shame, then do
whatever you wish.” (Al-Bukhari)
When you understand all this,
such drawings —that respect neither
mind nor science—
will offend you
You'll realize how Richard Dawkins
deceives and fools his readers
when he lets them believe
that the eye has gradually evolved
from 1% to 100%;
as have the wings of birds
You'll realize how ignorant some
Arab myth supporters are
when they tell you,
"It is possible that reptiles developed
feathers by random mutations."
Developed feathers!
Keep in mind that feather
composition is highly complex!
You'll realize that the drawings and
fantasies that are constantly circulated
by the myth disciples
require millions of changes!
In other words, millions of new and
altered letters that must ALL be correct
and related to each other
This means that the new organ
—such as the wing that
allegedly appeared for dinosaurs—
requires many 'random' accurate changes
to supply the wing with blood and nerves
and attach its new bones to the body,
ligaments, muscles, etc. All this without
without corrupting the 'Word' file
or undoing the corruption as it occurs
These complex processes are presented
as simple tweakings of play-dough!
You'll realize how funny it is
when the myth disciples
call the sane believers:
naive and narrow-minded
for rejecting their myth!
We'll discuss this again
when we address
the attempts to find common ground
between the myth and Islam
within the concept of
'Guided Evolution'
and how this requires a large number
of intended synchronous changes
in the genetic material;
which contradicts
the definition of evolution
The examples of
"Address Them as Children"
are numerous in the
statements of myth disciples
This will, God willing
be addressed in another episode
Thus far, we've discussed 3 methods
for promoting the myth (in 3 episodes):
"Mixing Truth with Evolution Fiction",
"Let Me Do the Thinking for You",
and, "Address Them as Children"
Stay tuned for future episodes
which discuss other methods
May the peace of Allah be upon you!