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Another problem that undermines the plausibility of natural selection creating new life forms is that fact that transitional forms could not survive.

For example, consider the Darwinian assertion that birds evolved gradually from reptiles over long periods of time. This would require a transition from scales to feathers. How could a creature survive that no longer has scales but does not quite have feathers?

Feathers are irreducibly complex. A creature with the structure of half a feather has no ability to fly. It would easy prey on water, land, and from the air. And as the halfway being between birds and reptiles, it probably would not be adept at finding food for itself either.

The problem for Darwinists is twofold; first, they have no viable mechanism for transitioning from reptiles and birds; and second, even if a viable mechanism was discovered, the transitional forms will not be able to survive.

Another reason which proves that natural selection is ineffective is molecular isolation.

Darwinists often say that evidence of common descent lies in the fact that all living things contain DNA.

For example, Richard Dawkins states, “The reason we know for certain we know for certain we are all related, including bacteria, is the universally of the genetic code and other biochemical fundamentals.” Darwinists think the DNA similarity between humans and apes, for example, which some say is 85 to 95 percent, strongly implies an ancestral relationship. But is this evidence for common ancestry or for a common creator? It could be interpreted either way.

Perhaps the Darwinists are right- it is possible that we have to have a common genetic code because we have descended from a common ancestor. But they could just as easily be wrong-perhaps we have a genetic code because a common creator has designed us to live in the same biosphere. After all, if every living creature were distinct biochemically, a food chain probably could not exist.

Perhaps, life with a different biochemical makeup is not possible.

Personal Reflection:
How we can prove that we all did not descend from a common ancestor?