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The cell is not just a blob of lucky molecules that came together.Rather, it is an intricate machine with marvelous order and elements ofdesign. Biochemist Michael Behe says that the cell—far from being a"simple little lump of albuminous combinations of carbon," as thoughtin Darwin's day—is actually an entire factory filled with molecular machines of astounding precision and complexity.i

Within these complex structures are many individual microstructures and systems in which vast numbers of parts and enzyme systems worktogether. They will only function if every single piece is in place.Removal of even one link in the biochemical system eliminates the function of the organelle entirely. Behe calls this situation"irreducible complexity," and it is totally inconsistent with theevolutionary concept of gradual change over time.ii
Consider the production of amino acids. The enzymes involved in the production of amino acids are coded for by genes. They need the very amino acids that they themselves have to produce in order to exist in the first place. Only design could account for such complexity.
Darwin himself stated that precisely such a situation would disprove his theory: "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."iii
The probability of complex machinery such as RNA or DNA or viable enzymes coming about by chance is so remote as to be non-existent.
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i. M. Behe, Darwin's Black Box (New York: The Free Press, 1996).
ii. ibid.
iii. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (New York: Heritage Press [reprint], 1963).
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