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Origin of Species

150th Anniversary Edition

Charles Darwin

Alachua, Florida 32615



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Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Editionby Cals Dain

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CONTENTS

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION

CHAPTER II

VARIATION UNDER NATURE

CHAPTER III

STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE

CHAPTER IV

NATURAL SELECTION

CHAPTER V

LAWS OF VARIATION

CHAPTER VI

DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY

CHAPTER VII

INSTINCT

CHAPTER VIII

HYBRIDISM

CHAPTER IX

ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS;

RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION



Special Introduction

The History of Charles Darwin

ChArLeS roBert DArwIN as bn n Fbuay12, 1809, in Ssbuy, england. h as fif f sixcildn bn in a aly, pfssinal family. his faand gandfa b dcs, and is m as daug f Jsia wdgd, f py fam. wn asig yas ld, is m did. his fa sn im anAnglican bading scl unil as ag sixn, bu yungCals sd lss ins in sudying an in uning,naual isy, and scinific xpimnain.

In 1825, nlld a edinbug Univsiy. Dain’sfa xpcd im g in mdicin, and alug nd edinbug Univsiy pusu a mdical dg, fund culdn’ sand sig f bld and lf af yas. h n ansfd Cambidg (Cis’s Cllg) sudy f minisy. As a clgyman, uld av f im fll is al inllcual lv: naual isy.Dain as a passina sudn f nau, and il inscl amassd a cnsidabl bl cllcin as llas spcimns. Af bfinding bany pfss rv. Jn Svns hnsl, is ins in zlgy and ggapyg.



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A ag ny-, Dain as psnd i anppuniy a uld cang is lif. hnsl cmmnddim f a psiin n a Biis Navy suvy vssl, HMSBeagle, ic as abu sail n a -ya casal suvyxpdiin Su Amica. h capain as anxius ava naualis and gnlman cmpanin n bad, and Calsadily agd.

t vyag ndd up lasing naly fiv yas, duingic im Dain as abl xpl xnsivly in SuAmica and numus islands in Pacific ocan, including Galapags Islands.

A young Charles Darwin



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on uning england in 1836, Dain s kxamining and dissminaing xnsiv cllcin f spcimns acquid duing vyag. h quickly sablisda puain as an accmplisd naualis n Lndnscn.

In 1839 maid is cusin, emma wdgd. tasam ya publisd is junal f vyag f Beagle,ic bug im immdia clbiy amng Lndn’sinllcuals.

In 1842 and emma mvd Dn hus in Kn. Ias a s b n cildn and s and Cals spn s f i livs.

Duing is ga advnu as Beagle’s naualis,Dain ad sudid cain aspcs f mplgy andbiggapy f many spcis f plans and animalsa ad bsvd. h vnually cncludd a spcis

xibid vaying dgs f similaiy bcaus y vaying dgs lad.

Emma and Charles Darwin



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I appas a by 1838 is cncp f dscn imdificain by mcanism f naual slcin aslagly fmd. Alug Dain is ms familia namassciad i vluin, as nly psuadd publisis k n land a an yung naualis, Alfdrussll wallac, as dvlping idas abu vluin f spcis simila is n. In 1858, a uging f finds, ppad a bif pap ic as ad bf ryal Sciyalng i pap wallac ad in. t flling ya publisd On the Origin of Species, ic cnsidd anabsac f a lag fuu k.

Duing maind f is lif Cals Dain cninudis sac, publising addiinal bks n xplicilyvluinay pics, and bks n pics includingclimbing plans, insc-cid muualisms, and ams.A ag f svny-, Cals Dain n m

is Mak a Dn hus n Apil 19, 1882, i is if,emma, by is sid.

Timeline of Darwin’s life

1809: Cals rb Dain is bn n Fbuay 12 inSsbuy, Spsi.

1817: Dain’s m Susanna (né wdgd) disn is ig yas ld.

1825–1827: Dain’s fa mvs im fm SsbuyGamma Scl du is p pgss and snds im edinbug Univsiy. h la casisd is sn, saying, “Yuca f ning bu sing, dgs and a-cacing, and yuill b a disgac yuslf and all yu family.”

1827–1831: Dain nlls a Cis’s Cllg, CambidgUnivsiy sudy lgy in ppaain f lif as a cunypasn. h is inducd bl cllcing and bcmsknn as “ man alks i hnsl” ugspnding a l f im i pfss f bany.



1831–1836: Dain maks maj naual isy cllcinsas avls aund Su Amica as sip’s naualis

abad HMS Beagle.1835–1836: Dain fis cnsids vluin f

spcis il pnding vaiains amng Galapagsmckingbids, iing in is nbk, “If is sligsfundain f s maks zlgy f Aciplagsill b ll xamining, f suc facs uld undmin sabiliy f spcis.”

1837: Dain das a simpl vluinay in n f is nbks bl ds “I ink.”

1838–1839: Dain sas dvlp is y f naualslcin.

1839: Dain mais is cusin, emma wdgd. tymv Lndn and av cildn. evnually yav n cildn, alug nly svn suviv aduld.

Publiss The Journal of a Naturalist.1840: Publiss Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle.1842: Dain is fis ssay ulining is vluinay

y. h mvs Dn hus in Bmly, Kn, livs f s f is lif.

Charles Darwinand his son William



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HMS Beagle by Conrad Martens

Cross section diagram of HMS Beagle



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1844: Dain scly is a landmak ssay n vluinby naual slcin and insucs is if av i publisdin vn f is da, iing in a n , “I av jusfinisd my skc f my spcis y. If, as I bliv [...]my y is u, and if i b accpd vn by n cmpn judg, i ill b a cnsidabl sp in scinc.” Dain is banis Jsp hk lling im f is vluinayidas, saying i is “lik cnfssing a mud.”

1851: Dain’s fis daug, Anni elizab, dis a ag f n, pbably fm ubculsis.

1854–59: Cninus dvlp y f vluinug ading, cnsuling naualiss, bsvain andxpimnain in is gadn and cunysid aundDn hus.

1856: Sas k n, On the Origin of Species.1858: Dain civs a l fm Alfd russl wallac

in Indnsia, a yung naualis as indpndnlyaivd a a y f naual slcin a is naly idnical Dain’s.

1858: B Dain’s and wallac’s is a psnd Linnaan Sciy n July 1. Dain as unabl psn is pap— funal f is yungs sn k placn sam day as ming.

1859: Cals Dain publiss On the Origin of Species,puing fad is y f vluin by naual slcin.

1871: Dain’s The Descent of Man is publisd, xplicilyapplying is is f vluin umans.

1882: Cals Dain dis. his find, nigb andscinis Jn Lubbck MP scus is buial in wsminsAbby. Dain’s funal is andd by england’s lading

pliicians, sciniss, and clgy.1

1 Suc:.dain200.g/pss-lass/dain-imlin.dc.



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Statue of Charles Darwin in the Natural History Museum, London.



Introduction

The DNA Code

Cnsid f a mmn yu culd v blivis publicain appnd by accidn. h’s agumn:t as ning. tn pap appad, and ink fll fmn n fla ss and sapd islf in pfclyfmd ls f englis alpab. Iniially, lssaid sming lik is: “fgsn&k cn1clxc dumbh cckvkduhvstupidm ncncx.” As yu can s, andm ls aly pduc

ds a mak sns. Bu in im, mindlss canc fmdm in d f maningful ds i spacs bnm. Pids, cmmas, capials, ialics, qus, paagaps,magins, c., als cam in bing in cc placmns.t snncs n gupd mslvs la ac ,giving m cnc. Pag numbs fll in squnc a ig placs, and ads, fs, and fns appad fm

n n pags, macing pins f x icy lad. t pap immd islf and bund islf ina Bibl. t ink f cv fll fm diffn dicins,bing caful n inccly mingl i cls,fming islf in gapics and il.

t a mulipl cpis f is publicain, s i ndvlpd abiliy plica islf usands f ims

v. wi is ug in mind, nic a in fllingdscipin f DNA, i is liknd a bk:

If yu ink f yu gnm (all f yucmsms) as bk a maks yu, n gns a ds a mak up sy.… tls a mak up ds a calld DNA bass,and a nly fu f m: adnin (A), guanin(G), cysin (C), and ymin (t). I’s ad bliva an alpab i nly fu ls can maksming as ndful and cmplx as a psn!2

2 Kids Gnics, GlaxSmiKlin <p://gnics.gsk.cm/kids/dna01.m>.



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t likn DNA a bk is a gss undsamn. tamun f infmain in 3 billin bas pais in DNAin vy uman cll is quivaln a in 1,000 bks f ncyclpdia siz.3 I uld ak a psn yping 60 ds pminu, ig us a day, aund 50 yas yp umangnm. And if all DNA in yu bdy’s 100 illin cllsas pu nd nd, i uld ac sun (90 millin milsaay) and back v 600 ims.4

Asid fm immns vlum f infmain a yuDNA cnains, cnsid all inica, inladpas f is “bk” culd av cm g by s canc.Pysical cmis Cals taxn is:

t DNA cd is qui simpl in is basic sucu(alug nmusly cmplx in is funcining). Byn ms ppl a familia i dubl lix

sucu f DNA mlcul. I is lik a lng ladd,isd in a spial. Suga and pspa mlculsfm sids f ladd. Fu bass mak up is“ungs.” ts a adnin, ymin, guanin, andcysin. ts bass ac as “ls” f a gnicalpab. ty cmbin in vaius squncs fm ds, snncs, and paagaps. ts bas

squncs a all insucins ndd guid funcining f cll.

t DNA cd is a gnic “languag” acmmunicas infmain cll.… t DNAmlcul is xquisily cmplx, and xmly pcis: “ls” mus b in a vy xac squnc. If ya u f d, i is lik a yping in a mssag.

t insucins a i givs cll a gabld. tisis a a muain is.

3 Dnn, Evolution: Theory in Crisis.4 “Gnm Facs,” Nva onlin <.pbs.g/gb/nva/gnm/facs.ml>.



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t discvy f DNA cd givs agumnfm dsign a n is. Sinc lif is a is c acmical cd, igin f lif is igin f a cd.A cd is a vy spcial kind f d. I psns“spcifid cmplxiy.”5

D yu ink a DNA’s amazing sucu culd avcm g by accidn? o ds i pin an inllignDsign? evn dic f U.S. Nainal humanGnm rsac Insiu cncludd is a Gd basdn is sudy f DNA. Fancis Cllins, scinis ld am a cackd uman gnm, blivs is aainal basis f a Ca and a scinific discvis bingman “cls Gd”:

wn yu av f fis im in fn f yu

is 3.1-billin-l insucin bk a cnvys allkinds f infmain and all kinds f mysy abuumankind, yu can’ suvy a ging ug pagaf pag iu a sns f a. I can’ lp bu lka s pags and av a vagu sns a is is givingm a glimps f Gd’s mind.6

In 2004, ais ld as sckd n famd Biisais Anny Fl suddnly annuncd a blivd in xisnc f Gd. F dcads ad aldd caus f aism. I as incdibl cmplxiy f DNA a pndis ys.

In a cn invi, Fl sad, “I n sms ma findings f m an fify yas f DNA sac

av pvidd maials f a n and nmusly pful5 Cals B. taxn, P.D., “DNA, Dsign and oigin f Lif,”Nvmb 13–16, 1986 <.igins.g/aicls/axn_dnadsign.ml#f15>.6 Svn Sinfd, “I’v fund Gd, says man cackd gnm,”

Jun 11, 2006 <.imsnlin.c.uk/l/ns/uk/aicl673663.c>.



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agumn dsign.” Fl als nuncd naualisic isf vluin: I as bcm indinaly difficul vn bgin ink abu cnsucing a naualisic y f vluin f a fis pducing ganism.

In Fl’s n ds, simply “ad g vidnc lads.” Accding Fl, “I sms m a

cas f an Aislian Gd as caacisics f p and als inllignc, is n muc sng an i vas bf.”7

DNA is an incdibly daild languag, valing vasamuns f infmain ncdd in ac and vy livingcll—ic culd n av aisn by accidnal, mindlsscanc. Infmain quis inllignc and dsign quis

a dsign. Jan P asns:

7 ric Dm, “on Fl ov Cuck’s Ns?” <.gdandscinc.g/aplgics/fl.ml>.

Charles Darwin’s study room.



Introduction

t is a munain in Su Daka a pvsa vluiniss av bn saying all alng: if yu jus av nug im, ind, ain, sin, and pucanc, yu can g a munain i facs f fuU.S. psidns n i! If can all admi a facsf M. rusm didn’ jus accidnally appa, muc m cmplx a ppl sanding bind pdiums an b psidn?… wic ism cmplx? A. t facs f M. rusm, B. a747, C. yu cll pn, d. a m. If yu gussd“m,” yu a ig. t DNA sucus, digsivsysm, and pduciv sysm a fa m cmplxan s ings a bviusly ad a dsign.Mayb, jus mayb, smn dsignd a m,.8

DNA Similaritieson ypical “pf” givn f ap--man vluin is

a cimpanzs and umans av vy simila DNA. Inpvius DNA sudis, basd n nly pins f cimpgnm, sciniss annuncd a umans and cimps 98–99 pcn idnical, dpnding n a as cund.Af cmpling mapping f cimp gnm in 2005,vluiniss a n ailing sul as “ ms damaiccnfimain y” a cimps and umans av cmmnancsy. ti vlming “pf” is finding a gnic diffnc is 4 pcn—ic is insing pf,bcaus i’s acually ic amun a y’v bnclaiming f yas.9

8 Jan P (n. Flg), “huckab as ig,” Jun 12, 2007 .ldndaily.cm/ns/aicl.asp?ArtICLe_ID=56123.9 David A. Di, P.D., “Cimp Gnm Squnc Vy DiffnFm Man,” Spmb 5, 2005 <.anssingnsis.g/dcs2005/0905cimp.asp>.



Introduction

S, vn ug sa 96 pcn f u gnic mak-up i cimps, a ds n man a 96 pcn cimp.B caful yu dn’ fall f illgic f is “vluinaypf,” sciniss ill n nly mak a mnky u f yu,y’ll mak a banana u f yu. Accding vluinisSvn Jns, a nnd Biis gnicis, “w als saabu 50% f u DNA i bananas and a dsn’ makus alf bananas...”11

Transitional Forms

wn Dain Origin of Species, ad a l f idas and cnjcu abu is immns vaiy f lifcam abu. Bu a vidnc d n av a is idas cc?

If vluin u, and umans and cimps did av

a cmmn ancs, uld xpc find sming ais alf-mnky/alf-man. ts inmdia sags n spcis suppsdly vlvs in an spcis a calld“ansiinal fms.”

Bcaus vluin is said av appnd in pas, av lk palnlgy, scinc f sudy f fssils, find vidnc n isy f lif. wll-knnFnc palnlgis Pi-Paul Gassé xplains:

Naualiss mus mmb a pcss f vluin is vald nly ug fssil fms.…only palnlgy can pvid m i vidncf vluin and val is cus mcanisms.12

w y f vluin is a fabl a fac suldb sn in fssil vidnc. If vluin u,

11 Sv Jns, invi n The Science Show, badcas n ABC radi, Januay 1, 2002 <.abc.n.au/n/scinc/ss/sis/s456478.m>.12 Pi-Paul Gassé, Evolution of Living Organisms (N Yk:Acadmic Pss, 1977), p. 82.



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fssil cd suld val millions f ansiinal fms, aslif gadually vlvd fm n spcis an. Dainundsd a vluinay y as dpndn n s“missing links.” h in Origin of Species:

wy, if spcis av dscndd fm spcis by fin gadains, d n vy sinnumabl ansiinal fms? wy is n all nauin cnfusin, insad f spcis bing, as sm, ll dfind?… As by is y innumablansiinal fms mus av xisd, y d nfind m mbddd in cunlss numbs in cusf a?13

Dain acknldgd a absnc f inmdiaspu is y in dub, bu aibud i lack

scaciy f fssils a a im—and ad fai a yuld vnually b fund. hv, naly 150 yas la, siuain asn’ cangd. Af sciniss av sacddilignly for a century and a half f vidnc, n avv 100 millin fssils caalgud in ld’s musums,i 250,000 diffn spcis. Suly is suld b nug giv us an accua picu f u pas. rmmb, palnlgy

lds ky is y is u. S d s gadual pgssin fm simpl lif fms m cmplx?Did find millins f ansiinal fms a uld bxpcd if vluin u?

excid vluiniss blivd a y fund n back in1999. A Cins fam glud g ad and bdy f a pimiiv bid and ail and ind limbs f a dmasau

dinsau, and cmplly fld ldid scinificcmmuniy (including National Geographic magazin)in inking a y ad fund “missing link”

13 Cals Dain, On the Origin of Species (Lndn: Jn Mu ay,1872), pp. 133–134.



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bn canivus dinsaus and mdn bids.14 Calld

Archaeoraptor , i as quickly xpsd as a faud.Ss L. olsn, Cua f Bids a Nainal Musumf Naual hisy a Smisnian Insiuin, sad a fad dinsau a as picud is “simply imaginayand as n plac usid f scinc ficin.” h ciicizd magazin f publicizing is fgy, saying, “ National Geographic as acd an all-im l f ngaging in

snsainalisic, unsubsaniad, ablid junalism,” and addd, “t ida f fad dinsaus...is n fas bcmingn f gand scinific axs f u ag.”15

Asid fm “fad dinsaus,” many suppsd“missing links” av bn dbunkd. F xampl, a Bklybsi claims a “ a numus xampls f ansiinalfms in fssil cd, pviding an abundanc f vidncf cang v im.” t nly xampl y ci as pf is

14 Cisp P. Slan, “Fas f t. x?” National Geo graphic , vl.196, n. 5, Nvmb 1999, pp. 99–105.15 Ss L. olsn, opn l D. P ravn, Scay, Na inalGgapic Sciy, Nvmb 1, 1999 <.uigin.g/bidvl.asp>.



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Pakicetus. t bsi, labld “Undsanding evluin ftacs,” dscibs Pakicetus as an aly ancs mdnals. h can sciniss ll is? Accding bsi,“Alug pakicids land mammals, i is cla ay a lad als and dlpins basd n a numb f spcializains f a, laing aing.”16

In an accmpanying illusain, palnlgis PilGingic ss a simming cau i is flimbs n ay bcming flipps, claiming a i is “pfclyinmdia, a missing link bn ali land mammals andla, full-fldgd als.”

Alug bdy d ds lk lik a vycnvincing ansiinal fm, is cnclusin as basd n nlya f fagmns f a skull . N a singl bn f bdy adbn fund! onc a m cmpl skln as discvd,i pvd a Pakicetus lkd ning lik cau

imagind.17

Bsids, many f Gd’s caus av simila aing( many diffn ays can yu mak an a a assund?). t ys f many f Gd’s caus a vy simila.Pigs av skin a is incdibly cls uman skin—clsan pimas. w b av nss, as, ys, liv, kidnys,lungs, , and a bain. Did man vlv fm pig, a

an pima? I uld sm s if a ging bcnsisn i vluinis’s lgic. t pig and man avmany faus in cmmn.

t caus a Gingic as lking a simplydiffn animals i simila aing abiliy, cad by sam Ca, and is cnclusin as ning bu ild andunscinific spculain. Sadly, is appns all fqunly

16 “Undsanding evluin F tacs,” Univsiy f CalifniaMusum f Palnlgy <p://vluin.bkly.du/vsi/lins/IAansiinal.sml>.17 Alxand williams and Jnaan Safai, “N a all lik a al,”Creation, vl. 27, iss. 2, Mac 2005, pp. 20–22 <.anssingnsis.g/cain/v27/i2/al.asp>.



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in vluinay ld. Many allgd “missing links” abasd n nly a singl fssil fagmn and isful inkingf vluiniss.

Af acknldging a “imaginains cainly kflig v Archaeoraptor ,” a U.S. News & World Report i addd:

Archaeoraptor is adly fis “missing link” snap und scuiny. In 1912, fssil mains f anancin minid fund in england’s Pildnquais and quickly dubbd man’s aplik ancs. Ik dcads val ax.18

Pildn as a dliba faud, as a palnlgis filddn fm an anguan ja and includd i ipics fm a uman skull, ad m i acid mak

m appa ld, and buid m in a gavl pi. As fa asman’s suppsd ancsy is cncnd, Pildn Manfaud asn’ an islad incidn. t famd Nbaska Manas divd fm a single tooth, ic as la fund bfm an xinc pig. Java Man, fund in aly 20 cnuy,as ning m an a pic f skull, a fagmn f a igbn, and mla . t s cam fm dply

fil imaginains f plas f Pais ks. Java Man isn gadd as fully uman. hidlbg Man cam fm a jabn, a lag cin scin, and a f . Ms scinissjc jabn bcaus i’s simila a f mdn man.And dn’ lk Nandal Man f any vidnc f vluin. h did f xpsu—is skull as xpsd as bingfully uman, n ap. N nly as is spd psu fund

b causd by disas, bu als spk and as aisic and

18 May Ld, “t Pildn Cickn: Sciniss a c v s-calldmissing link,” U.S. News & World Report, Fbuay 14, 2000 <.usns.cm/usns/culu/aicls/000214/aciv_032798.m>.



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ligius. In a PBS dcumnay, ricad Laky, ld’sfms palanplgis, admid:

If pssd abu man’s ancsy, I uld av unquivcally say a all av is a ug qusinmak. t da, as bn ning fund ufully pup as a ansiinal spcis man,including Lucy.… If fu pssd, I uld av sa a is m vidnc suggs anabrupt arrival of man rather than a gradual process of evolving.19 (mpasis addd)

evn classic xampl f s vluin is ficinalizd.evluinis Byc rnsbg addssd a sympsiumandd by 150 sciniss a Fild Musum f Naualhisy in Cicag, ic cnsidd pblms facing

y f vluin. h dscibs a fssil vidncvals f ss:

t ppulaly ld xampl f s vluin,suggsing a gadual squnc f cangs fm fu-d, fx-sizd caus, living naly 50 millin yasag, day’s muc lag n-d s, as lng

bn knn b ng. Insad f gadual cang,fssils f ac inmdia spcis appear fullydistinct, persist unchanged, and n bcm xinc.tansiinal fms a unknn.20 (mpasis addd)

tis is cas n jus f ss bu ugu ni animal kingdm. ra an millins f ansiinal

fms vluiniss uld xpc find, all av a bs

19 ricad Laky, in a PBS dcumnay, 1990 <.asdainig.cm/alyman-f.m>.20 Byc rnsbg, “Idas n evluin Ging tug a rvluinAmng Sciniss,” Houston Chronicle, Nvmb 5, 1980, sc. 4, p. 15.



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a a andful f dispuabl xampls. havad palnlgisSpn Jay Guld is:

t xm aiy f ansiinal fms in fssil cd psiss as ad sc f palnlgy.t vluinay s a adn u xbks avdaa nly a ips and nds f i bancs; s is infnc, v asnabl, n vidnc f fssils.… All palnlgiss kn a fssil cd cnains pcius lil in ay f inmdia fms; ansiins bn maj gupsa caacisically abup.21

The Missing Link

In May f 2009, sciniss claimd a y ad fund

missing link. hadlins bldly sad: “Sciniss UnvilMissing Link In evluin: Sciniss av unvild a 47-millin-ya-ld fssilizd skln f a mnky aild as missing link in uman vluin.”22 tn y sad:“t sac f a dic cnncin bn umans and s f animal kingdm as akn 200 yas—bu i aspsnd ld day a a spcial ns cnfncin N Yk.”23 ta as a public admissin a dspimany sciniss claiming a Dainian vluin is a pvnfac, y adn’ fund anying f 200 yas. t mdiapd:

Si David Anbug said Dain “uld avbn illd” av sn fssil and says i lls us a and cam fm. “tis is na cnncs us dicly i m.… N ppl

21 Spn Guld, The Panda’s Thumb (N Yk: w.w. Nn, 1980),pp. 181, 189.22 p://ns.sky.cm23 Ibid



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can say ‘kay a pimas, s us link.’…t link y uld av said up n is missing—well it’s no longer missing.” 24

All is pvs is a sm sciniss a illing li inan amp pv i p is, and y av a ugincniv li. A fssil a’s blivd b millins f yasld, and an iniguing y mac i culd b a lucaivbk dal, ig naium spaking ngagmns, and f cus a lasing lgacy.

Bu as is missing link? N accding CBS ns.ty said, “S il dn’ kn xacly a Ida mans uman igins, s’s pf a ndlssly fascinad by cam fm.”25 Accding The Wall Street Journal ,“t discvy as lil baing n a spaa palnlgicaldba cning n idniy f a cmmn ancs f

cimps and umans, ic culd av livd abu six millinyas ag and sill asn’ bn fund.”26

Evolution’s Difficult Questions

Many av zalusly mbacd Dainian vluiniu qusin, as if i gspl u. Bu canvluin sand s f cls xaminain?

Zlgiss av cdd an amazing 20,000 spcis f fis.eac f s spcis as a -cambd a a pumpscld bld ugu is cld bdy.

t a 6,000 spcis f pils. ty als av cldbld, bu is is a -cambd a (xcp f ccdil, ic as fu). t 1,000 s diffnampibians (fgs, ads, and ns) av cld bld and a-cambd a.

24 p://.guadian.c (ialics addd).25 May 21, 200926 p://nlin.sj.cm/aicl/SB124235632936122739.ml



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t a v 9,000 spcis f bids. Fm massivAndan cnd i is ingspan f 12 f inyummingbid (s a bas 1,400 ims a minu), acf s 9,000 spcis as a fu-cambd a (lf andig aium, lf and ig vnicl)—jus lik umans.

of cus, 15,000 spcis f mammals als av apumping, fu-cambd a, ic faifully pumpsbld ugu a sis f inica bld vssls sf bdy.

h a sm insing qusins f inkingvluinis: Can yu xplain ic cam fis— bld a—and y? Did a in all s diffnspcis f fis, pils, bids, and mammals vlv bf bld vssls ugu i bdis? wn did bld vlv? was i bf vssls vlvd afy vlvd?

If i as bf, a as i a caid bld a, if n vssls? Did a ba bf bld vlvd? wy as i baing if as n bld pump? If i asn’ baing, y did i sa n i didn’kn anying abu bld?

If bld vssls vlvd bf as bld, ydid y vlv if as n suc ing as bld? And if

bld vlvd bf a vlvd, a as i a kpi ciculaing aund bdy?

t nly asnabl ans s qusins is a Gdmad uman bdy (and bdis f all caus)i a a, lungs ( xygna bld), kidnys ( filass fm bld), bld vssls, ais, bld, skin (ld i all in), c., a n mmn in im, as Bibl sas.

Scinis Bad haub sums i up ll:

t final udl a vluiniss av n (andcann) vcm invlvs c-dpndnc f spiay sysm and ciculay sysm. t a



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tp: Charles Darwinas an ape published

in t hn , published in 1871.

Bl lf: Charles Darwin as amonkey on the cover

of La Pi Lun , published in the

1880s.

Bl ig: Charles Darwin

cartoon, published in1871 in Vaniy Fai.



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muscl quis xygnad bld main aliv. tspiay sysm dpnds n ciculaing bld dliv xygn and mv cabn dixid. S iccam fis, and as i abl funcin pplyiu ? Y, an cickn-gg pblmf Dainians! evluin may cninu b augas a “fac” in classm, bu i as y anssuc basic lif-dpndncy qusins as s.27

o, cnsid uman y. Man as nv dvlpd acama lns any na incncivabl inicacy f uman y. t uman y is an amazing inlad sysm f abu fy individual subsysms, including ina, pupil,iis, cna, lns, and pic nv. I as m i an jus 137 millin lig-snsiiv spcial clls a snd mssags unblivably cmplx bain. Abu 130 millin f s

clls lk lik iny ds, and y andl black and ivisin. t svn millin a cn sapd and all us s in cl. t ina clls civ lig impssins, ica n anslad in lcic pulss and sn dicly bain ug pic nv.

A spcial scin f bain calld visual cxinps pulss as cl, cnas, dp, c., ic n

alls us s “picus” f u ld. Incdibly, y,pic nv, and visual cx a ally spaa and disincsubsysms. Y g y capu, dliv, and inpup 1.5 millin puls mssags p milliscnd! tinkabu a f a mmn. I uld ak dzns f cmpuspgammd pfcly and paing g flalssly vn g cls pfming is ask.

t y is an xampl f a is fd as “iduciblcmplxiy.” I uld b absluly impssibl f andmpcsss, paing ug gadual mcanisms f gnic

27 Bad haub, P.D., “t Ba f Lif—N a Pduc f evlu-in,” Fbuay 2006 <.aplgicspss.g/aicls/2835>.



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muain and naual slcin, b abl ca fyspaa subsysms n y pvid n advanag l unil vy las sa f dvlpmn. Ask yuslf lns, ina, pic nv, and all pasin vbas a play a l in sing n nly appadfm ning, bu vlvd in inlad and king pas.evluinis rb Jas acknldgs a igly aindsciniss culd n av impvd upn “blind canc”:

t y appas av bn dsignd; n dsignf lscps culd av dn b. h culdis mavlus insumn av vlvd by canc,ug a succssin f andm vns? Many pplin Dain’s day agd i lgian williamPauly, cmmnd, “t cann b a dsigniu a dsign.”28

And is mavlus dsign ccus n jus in umans, buin all diffn caus: ss, ans, dgs, als, lins,flis, ducks, fis, c. tink abu a y f vluinclaims: ys, in king pais, f all s caus sllydvlpd v millins f yas. eac f m as blind unilall pas miaculusly cam g and inlad i

s, bcaus all pas a ndd f y funcin.tn ac cau ad is ys k in amny i bain inp s imags. Funaly, ac f scaus simulanusly vlvd av macing pasac uld nd: scks, skin, ylids, ylass, a ducs,muscls blink, c.

Yu’v pbably bn ld bliv a fis simpl

caus ad udimnay ys, and a as caus sllyvlvd i ys vlvd alng i m. hv, a’sn a sciniss av fund. N nly is n vidnc

28 rb Jas, “evluin: Slcin f pfcin,” ScienceDigest, Dcmb 1981, p. 86.



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f is ccuing, bu sm f ms cmplx ys avbn discvd in “simpls” caus.

riccad Lvi-Si, pfss mius f Pysics a Univsiy f Cicag, is f ilbi’s y:

tis pical dubl is a dvic s ypicallyassciad i uman invnin a is discvy inilbis cms as sming f a sck. t alizaina ilbis dvlpd and usd suc dvics alf abillin yas ag maks sck vn ga. And afinal discvy—a facing infac bn lns lmns in a ilbi’s y as dsigndin accdanc i pical cnsucins kd uby Dscas and huygns in mid-svnncnuy—bds n s scinc ficin...t dsignf ilbi’s y lns culd ll qualify f a pan

disclsu.29

h culd amazing, sing y av cm abupuly by blind canc? Basd n vidnc, uldn’ aasnabl psn cnclud a y is asnisinglycmplx and culd n av vlvd gadually, and a accau’s ys a uniquly dsignd?

evn Cals Dain admid incdibl cmplxiyf y in The Origin of Species:

t supps a y, i all is inimiablcnivancs f adjusing fcus diffndisancs, f admiing diffn amuns f lig,and f ccin f spical and cmaic

29 riccad Lvi-Si, Trilobites (Cicag: Univsiy f CicagPss, 1993), pp. 57–58.



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abain, culd av fmd by naual slcin,sms, I fly cnfss, absud in igs dg.30

evn m incdibl, ug, is a Dain n n say a blivd y culd nnlss av bn

fmd by naual slcin. h as ig n n pin. If aDsign is lf u f quain, suc a ug is absudin igs dg.

30 Cals Dain, On the Origin of Species (Lndn: J. M. Dn & SnsLd., 1971), p.

Darwin’s theory in the Punc almanac for 1882,

published at the end of 1881.



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Vestigial Organs—Leftovers Again?

Ms likly yu’v ad a “vsigial gans” a pf a ’v vlvd fm m pimiiv fms. Bcaus sgans suppsdly av n pups, vluiniss assumy av ulivd i usfulnss and a “lfvs” fmu lss advancd ancss.

Bu vn if an gan n lng ndd, uldn’ i nlypv devolution? tis fis ll i La f enpy—

a all ings dia v im. wa vluin quis,v, is n lss bu addition f infmain, an ganism increases in cmplxiy. S “vsigial gans” silluldn’ lp vluinis’s cas.

Bsids, i’s n vn scinifically pssibl pv asming as n us, bcaus is us can alays b discvdas m infmain bcms availabl. And a’s xacly

a as appnd. I as claimd a Scps ial a a “n lss an 180 vsigial sucus in umanbdy, sufficin mak f a man a viabl alking musumf aniquiis.”31 tday lis as sunk viually z.Sciniss av discvd a ac f s gans dsindd av a pups: f xampl, appndix is pa f uman immun sysm, and “ailbn” supps muscls

a a ncssay f daily bdily funcins.In i zal pvid “vidnc” f vluin, scinissav pclaimd gans as uslss simply bcaus y ignan f i funcins a im. ty allalng, bu vluiniss jus didn’ kn i.

Isn’ i pssibl a sam culd b u i Gd? Jus bcaus yu’ ignan f his psnc dsn’ man hdsn’ xis.

31 hai hack Nman, qud in The World’s Most Famous CourtTrial: The Tennessee Evolution Case (Dayn, tN: Byan Cllg, 1925,pind 1990), p. 268.



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Cals Dain as bn calld a acis. Ciics mainaina fd black ppl as “l animals,” and black man as “a misabl animal,”32 cmpaing im “smap as l as a babn,” likning “ng” a “gilla.”33 A s accusains u? t ky is lk a mcnxually:

“A sm fuu pid, n vy disan as

masud by cnuis, civilizd acs f man illalms cainly xmina and plac ugu ld savag acs. A sam im anpmpus aps, as Pfss Scaaffausnas makd, ill n dub b xminad. tbak ill n b ndd id, f i ill invnbn man in a m civilizd sa, as may p,

an Caucasian, and sm ap as l as a babn,insad f as a psn bn ng Ausalianand gilla.”34

Ciics als say a lkd dn n mn as binginfi. Again, nd lk a is n ds in cnx:

“t cif disincin in inllcual psf sxs is sn by man’s aaining aig minnc, in av aks up, an canman– quiing dp ug, asn, imaginain, mly us f snss andands…mn a capabl f a dcidd p-minnc

32 In a l f 23 May 1833 is cusin, william Dain Fx, :

“In tia dl [sic] I fis sa bna fid savags; & y a as savag as ms cuius psn uld dsi.—A ild man is indd a misablanimal, bu n ll sing.” Dain Cspndnc Pjc-L207.33 Dain, C. r. 1871. Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Lndn: Jn Muay. Vlum 1. 1s diin.34 Ibid.



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v mn in many subjcs, avag f mnalp in man mus b abv a f man.”35

Another Thought

If yu find i ad bliv a as an InllignDsign, giv is sm ug. Man, i all is gnius,can’ mak a gain f sand fm ning. h can’ mak a ck,a laf, a fl, a living singing bid, a caking fg, vn

a gain f dad sand, fm ning. w can reca, bu can’ ca anying material fm ning, living dad.N a ing.

Did yu aliz a if culd simply mak n bladf gass iu using xising maials, culd slv ld’s ung pblm? If culd mak a blad f gass, culd n ca a l m gass, fd gn maial

ug a macin a ds a cmmn c ds, andav pu i full cam milk, n sm cam, dliciusygu, asy cs, and sm bu. Bu can’ makvn one blade f gass fm ning, l aln giving i abiliy pduc af is n kind, as gula gass ds.We have no idea where to begin when it comes to creating. If a’s u, inllcually disns is i say a isni incdibl cain in ic liv, cam in xisnci n Inllign Dsign?

Sill, if yu a s n bliving a sm s f unknncaiv fc (mad up f cas and pbabiliy) bugall is incdibl d in bing, yu ill say i ablif. Yu ill als b ffndd by simpliciy f Gnsis—a in bginning Gd cad havns and ea,and vying in. Yu ill als m an likly av apblm i Cain baind is if. Bu I may avan ans a yu culd b illing bliv? h abu andmly muad in a man, spli, and maid ?

35 Ibid.



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His Famous Student

Cals Dain said:

“w civilizd mn, n and, d uums cck pcss f liminain; buildasylums f imbcil, maimd, and sick; insiu p-las; and u mdical mn x iums skill sav lif f vy n las

mmn. t is asn bliv a vaccinain aspsvd usands, fm a ak cnsiuinuld fmly av succumbd small-px. tus ak mmbs f civilizd sciis ppagai kind. N n as andd bdingf dmsic animals ill dub a is mus b iglyinjuius ac f man. I is supising sn

a an f ca, ca ngly dicd, lads dgnain f a dmsic ac; bu xcping in cas f man imslf, adly any n is s ignan as all is s animals bd.”

tn Dain cmpassinaly said:

“t aid ic fl implld giv lplss is mainly an incidnal sul f insincf sympay, ic as iginally acquid as pa f scial insincs, bu subsqunly ndd, in mann pviusly indicad, m nd and midly diffusd. N culd cck u sympay,vn a uging f ad asn, iu diainin nbls pa f u nau.” Cals Dain,The Descent of Man (1871-1896), p. 133-134.

“Suc a dispnsain f Nau is qui lgical.evy cssing bn bds ic a n qui



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qual suls in a pduc ic lds an inmdiaplac bn lvls f pans. tis mansa ffsping ill indd b supi panic sands in bilgically l d f bing,bu n s ig as ig pan. F is asni mus vnually succumb in any suggl agains ig spcis. Suc maing cnadics ill f Nau ads slciv impvmns f lif ingnal. t favabl pliminay is impvmnis n ma individuals f ig and l dsf bing bu a all cmpl iumpf ig d. t sng mus dminaand n ma i ak, ic uld signify sacific f is n ig nau. only bnakling can lk upn is pincipl as cul, and if ds s i is mly bcaus is f a fbl nau

and na mind; f if suc a la did n dic pcss f vluin n ig dvlpmnf ganic lif uld n b cncivabl a all.

“If cas diffn pgssiv pcssuld cas, and vn gssin mig s in. Sinc infi alays unumb supi, fmuld alays incas m apidly if y pssssd

sam capaciis f suvival and f pcainf i kind; and final cnsqunc uld b a bs in qualiy uld b fcd cd in backgund. tf a cciv masu in favuf b qualiy mus invn. Nau supplisis by sablising igus cndiins f lif ic ak ill av submi and ill by

b numically sicd; bu vn a pin icsuvivs cann indisciminaly muliply, f an and igus slcin aks plac, accding



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sng and al.” Mein Kampf , Adlf hil (1889-1945)36

“Nbdy ls bu puling pacifiss can cnsid isfac as a sign f uman dgadain. Such people fail torecognize that this evolution had to take place in da man mig ac a dg f civilizain ics apsls n xpli in an amp mak ld pay anin i igmal.” Mein Kampf, Adlf hil37

“In u cas is m as n maning. Bcauseveryone who believes in the higher evolution of living organisms mus admi a vy manifsainf vial ug and suggl liv mus av ad adfini bginning in im and a n subjc aln

mus av manifsd i f fis im. I as npad again and again; and pacic f i spadv a idning aa, unil finally i passd in subcnscius f vy mmb f spcis, i manifsd islf as ‘insinc.’” Mein Kampf, Adlf hil38

“ For it is a necessity of human evolution a individual suld b imbud i spii f sacificin favu f cmmn al, and a suld nb influncd by mbid nins f s knavs pnd kn b an Nau and av impudnc ciiciz dcs.” Mein Kampf , Adlf hil39

36 p://gunbg.n.au/bks02/0200601.x (Ialics addd).37 Ibid38 Ibid39 Ibid



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“oganizain is a ing a derives its existence from organic life, organic evolution. wn sam sf idas av fund ldgmn in minds f a cainnumb f ppl y nd f mslvs fm acain dg f d amng s ppl and u f is inn fmain sming a is vy valuablaiss. of cus , as vy ls, n musak accun f s uman aknsss ic makmn sia, spcially a bginning, submi cnl f a supi mind.” Mein Kampf, Adlf hil40

“Bu is pincipl can bcm a living aliy nlyby passing through the stages that are necessary for itsown evolution. ts sags lad fm smallscll f Sa ganism upads. As is bas and

psnaivs, ladsip pincipl mus av abdy f mn av passd ug a pcss f slcin lasing v sval yas, av bnmpd by ad aliis f lif and us nddcapabl f caying pincipl in pacical ffc.”Mein Kampf, Adlf hil41

The Hit Listwll-knn Amican palnlgis and vluinay

bilgis, Spn Jay Guld, publisd an aicl icpvidd supp f fac a hil as an vluinis.42 In i inducs Bnjamin Kidd, “an englis cmmnaigly spcd by b acadmic and lay cicls.” Kidd saida in Gmany “Dain’s dcin bcam a jusificain f a” and is qud by Guld as flls: “Dain’s is

40 Ibid

41 Ibid42 Spn Jay Guld, “william Jnnings Byan’s Las Campaign,” Natural

History, Nvmb 1987, pp. 22-24.



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cam b pnly s u in pliical and miliay x bksas full jusificain f a and igly ganizd scmsf nainal plicy in ic dcin f fc bcam dcin f rig.”43 Si Au Ki (1866-1955) as anais and vluinis au. h said f hil: “t GmanFü, as I av cnsisnly mainaind, is an vluinis; as cnsciusly sug mak pacic f Gmanycnfm y f vluin.”44

hil blivd a Gman ppl supiac a dsvd ul ld. h is is “hi Lis”ic vals disinguisd bn diffn acs(nic is vluinay pgssin fm uman ap):

Ndic—cls Pu Ayan.Gmanic—pdminanly Ayan.Mdianan—sligly Ayan.

Slavic—cls alf-Ayan, alf-Ap.oinal—slig Ap ppndanc.Black Afican—pdminanly Ap. Jis (findis skull)—cls pu Ap. 45

Darwin and Atheism

Yu ill aly find an ais dsn’ mbacDainism i b ams. tis is bcaus y dalsi Gd and his mal accunabiliy. If evluin is sllyspnsibl f cain, n is n Ca and n malspnsibiliy. t a n abslus f ig and ng, andf anying gs as lng as i’s iin bunds f civil la. wi n cang f ldvi, any sxual xplisbcm m naual insincs fu u animal spcis.hv, Cals Dain as n an ais. In Origin of

43 Ibid44 Ki, A., Evolution and Ethics, Punam, NY, USA, p. 230, 1947.

45 The Hitler Movement, Jams M rds (hv Insiuin) p.107.



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Species fs cain as “ks f Gd,” and callshim “Ca” an amazing svn ims.

S ais as a pblm. If dsn’ bliv (asDain did) a is a Ca, is saying a nothing cad vying, and a’s a scinific impssibiliy. hill dny a blivs a ug gid , bcaus iis an inllcual mbaassmn. Bu if says f is tyaa as n blif a as a mak, n inksa nothing mad i (i jus appnd), ic (again) is ascinific impssibiliy. S main cdibl, falls back nsomething mad vying, bu jus dsn’ kn aa “sming” as. S ’s not an ais— blivs in aniniial caus.

ricad Dakins, aguably ms famus f aiss,can’ claim il “ais,” bcaus undsands asming mus av cad vying. h said, “Bilgy

is sudy f cmplicad ings a giv appaanc f aving bn dsignd f a pups.”46

Fancis Cick, a Nbl laua and c-discv f sucu f DNA, nd, “Bilgiss mus cnsanly kp inmind a a y s as n dsignd, bu a vlvd.”47 Everything as appaanc f bing inllignly dsignd,fm dsign f am amnius dsign f

univs. S i’s undsandabl a says, “wy almost cainly is n Gd.”48 his Gd-givn asn n’ lim ul u a Ca.

t fu cap f The God Delusion is a Dakinsblivs b is ms psuasiv agumn a n gdsxis. h says: “t agumn fm impbabiliy, pply

46 ricad Dakins. The Blind Watchmaker (N Yk: w.w. Nn &Cmpany), p. 1.47 Fancis Cick, What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery, pg. 138 (1990.48 Ialics addd. p://.uffingnps.cm/icad-dakins/y--alms-cainl_b_32164.ml



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dplyd, comes close pving a Gd ds n xis.”49 Again, is a nagging dub. Alug is mbaassdby flling ds abu univs culd avcm in bing, vald niggling ncssiy f sms f Caus:

“I culd cm abu in flling ay: iculd b a, a sm ali im somewhere in theuniverse a civilization evolved pbably by smkind f Dainian mans a vy vy ig lvlf cnlgy and dsignd a fm f lif a ysdd n paps is plan … and a designer could well be a higher intelligence from elsewhere inthe universe.”50

D yu bliv a ning cad vying? If yu

d, n yu “ning” isn’ ning. I is sming bcausi ad amazing abiliy ca vying. S d yu nbliv a something cad vying, alug yu an su a a sming as?51 Kping in mind a ms inllign f uman bings can’ ca a gain f sandfm ning, d yu ink a a “sming” a madvying as inllign? I bviusly is; and if yu d bliv

“fc” a mad fls, bids, s, umany, and sun, mn and sas as inllign, yun bliv a as an inllign dsign. Yu av jus bcm an unscinific knuckl-dagg in ys f ulaning insiuins a mbac Dainism. Bu yu a naln if yu bliv in Gd. Many f u gas scinissblivd in xisnc f a Ca: Galil, Nn,

Niclas Cpnicus, Fancis Bacn, Mical Faaday, Luis

49 Ialics addd.50 “explld,” ialics addd.51 ts ugs a xpundd fu in Nothing Created Everything,ray Cmf (wND).



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Pasu and Kpl, jus nam a f. einsin (a is didn’ bliv in a personal Gd) igly said, “Scinc iuligin is lam; ligin iu scinc is blind.” h alssaid, “In vi f suc amny in csms ic I, imy limid uman mind, am abl cgniz, a yppl say is n Gd. Bu a ally maks mangy is a y qu m f supp f suc vis.”

t incdibl amny in cain pvs bynd a dub any inking mind a is a Ca. N yu jusav figu u if is Ca quis mal spnsibiliyfm yu.

Atheist Penn and the Time Bomb

L m ll yu y I bliv a is an InllignDsign, y dsign is Gd f Bibl, and y

I bliv a h lds ac n f us mally accunabl.Bf I d, I an qu smn I galy spc f a said. Pn Jill (fm Pnn and tll) is suc a cmmidais, ac im gs a dlla bill says a pus a linug “In Gd us.” h said, “only an bsssiv nuuld n all ds ‘In Gd w tus’ in is pck,and I css d ‘Gd’ ff vy bill I uc, and I dn’cay cang. ta’s m.”52 Bu lisn a says abuCisianiy:

“If yu bliv a ’s a havn and hll, andppl culd b ging hll, n ging nallif, av, and yu ink a, ll i’s nally lling m is bcaus i uld mak iscially akad … h muc d yu av asmbdy bliv a vlasing lif is pssibland n ll m a? I man if I blivd bynda sad f a dub a a uck as cming a yu,

52 p : / /.pnnand l l . cm/03/cls uf f /pnnipi l /adpnninngd.ml



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and yu didn’ bliv i, and a uck as baingdn n yu— is a cain pin I acklyu—and is is m impan an a.”53

I aily ag i im, s plas say i m. I dplyca abu yu and yu ill spnd niy.

Back in Jun f 2009, I sa Disny’s Up. I n bcausa cls find said a i as s gd and s funny, sa iic ( aly gs mvis). t skillful animas abl s jy f u lv in maiag. In a maf minus, a cu kid and is gilfind g aduld,g maid, and lvd ac i a dp passin as yg ld g. tn s did.

Suddnly, vy jy-filld mmy bcam unbaablypainful f ldly man, and y capud a dppain in caicau. I cid my ys u. I and call my

find and say, “I ug yu said is as a cmdy!” Upk m dn. I cid a nig a m als, bcaus I asgapically mindd m f sming I cay daily. evylving usband and if ill b n apa by da. I’s jus ama f im. eac f us is sappd a icking im bmb.Bu a’s n agdy a dv m my kns. I’s aGd ffs nal lif vy dying psn, and ms fus

his “unspakabl gif.” ta’s real uman agdy.Please ink abu yu sins, n ink abu Savi

and a h did f guily sinns suc as us. Dn’ ask Gdf “pf.” Yu dn’ nd i. Yu alady av ncssaypf ug yu cnscinc and bcaus f cain. Askinsad f salvain, il yu sill av im. evy ba f yu a is an ick.

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t Cic. Imagin I ffd yu a cic f fu gifs:

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• t iginal Mna Lisa• t kys a band n Lambgini• A millin dllas in cas• A paacu

Yu can pick nly n. wic uld yu cs? Bfyu dcid, ’s sm infmain a ill lp yu mak wisest cic: You have to jump 10,000 feet out of an airplane.

Ds a lp yu cnnc ds? I suld, bcausyu need paacu. I’s nly n f fu gifs aill lp i yu dilmma. t s may av sm valu,bu y a uslss n i cms facing la f gaviyin a 10,000-f fall. t knldg a yu ill av jumpsuld pduc a aly fa in yu—and a kind f fa isgd bcaus i can sav yu lif. rmmb a.

N ink f fu maj ligins:• hinduism• Buddism• Islam• Cisianiy

wic n suld yu cs? Bf yu dcid, ’s

sm infmain a ill lp yu dmin ic nis wisest cic: All f umaniy sands n dg f niy. w a all ging di. w ill all av passug d f da. I culd appn us in nyyas, in six mns … day. F ms f umaniy,da is a ug and ifying plumm in unknn. Sa suld d?

D yu mmb i as yu knldg f jumpa pducd a aly fa, and a fa lpd yu mak ig cic? Yu kn a la f gaviy cand yu. In sam ay, a ging lk a anla, and pfully yu knldg f a i can d yu



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ill lp yu mak ig cic, abu lif’s gas issu.S, say i m—and mmb l fa k f yu.

The Leap

Af di av fac a is calld “ la f sin andda.”54 w kn a La as “t tn Cmmandmns.”

S l’s lk a a La and s yu ill d n yufac i n Judgmn Day. hav yu lvd Gd abv all ls?

Is h fis in yu lif? h suld b. h’s givn yu yu lifand vying a is da yu. D yu lv him i all f yu a, sul, mind, and sng? ta’s quimnf Fis Cmmandmn. o av yu bkn ScndCmmandmn by making a gd in yu mind a yu’cmfabl i— yu say, “My gd is a lving andmciful gd uld nv snd anyn hll”? ta

gd ds n xis; ’s a figmn f imaginain. t caa gd in yu mind (yu n imag f Gd) is sming Bibl calls “idlay.” Idlas ill n n havn.

hav yu v usd Gd’s nam in vain, as a cuss d xpss disgus? ta’s calld “blaspmy,” and i’s vysius in Gd’s sig. tis is baking tid Cmmand-mn, and Bibl says Gd ill n ld im guillss aks his nam in vain.

hav yu alays nd yu pans implicily, andkp Sabba ly? If n, yu av bkn Fu andFif Cmmandmns. hav yu v ad smn? tBibl says, “wsv as is b is a mud.”2

t Svn is “Yu sall n cmmi aduly,” bu Jsussaid, “wsv lks n a man lus af ascmmid aduly i alady in is a”3 ( Sv-n Cmmandmn includs sx bf maiag). hav yuv lkd i lus ad sx usid f maiag? If yuav, yu’v vilad a Cmmandmn.

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h many lis d yu ink a yu av ld in yul lif? hav yu v sln anying, gadlss f isvalu? If yu av, n yu’ a lying if. t Bibl llsus, “Lying lips a abminain Ld,”4 bcaus his a Gd f u and linss. hav yu cvd (jaluslydsid) ppl’s ings? tis is a vilain f tnCmmandmn.

Little Jessica

S a is Gd’s mal La a ac ill fac. w illb iu xcus n sand bf Gd bcaus h gavus u cnscinc kn ig fm ng. eac im li, sal, cmmi aduly, mud, and s n, kn ai’s ng. S is cucial qusin. on Judgmn Day,n Gd judgs yu, ill yu b fund inncn guily f

baking is La? Think before you answer. will yu g havn hll? t Bibl ans a all muds, idlas,lias, ivs, fnicas, and aduls ill nd up in hll.5 S ds a lav yu?

Paps ug f ging hll dsn’ sca yu,bcaus yu dn’ bliv in i. ta’s lik sanding in pnd f a plan 10,000 f ff gund and saying, “I dn’bliv ill b any cnsquncs if I jump iu apaacu.”

t say a ill b n cnsquncs f bakingGd’s La is say a Gd is unjus, a h is vil. tis isy.

on Fbuay 24, 2005, a nin-ya-ld gil as pdmissing fm m in hmsassa, Flida. t ksla, plic discvd a s ad bn kidnappd, buallyapd, and n buid aliv. Lil Jssica Lunsfd as fundid up, in a knling psiin, clucing a suffd y.



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How Do You React?

h d yu fl ad man mudd alplss lil gil in suc an unspakably cul ay? A yuangd? I p s. I p yu a outraged. If yu cmplly indiffn fa, i uld val smingibl abu yu caac.

D yu ink a Gd is indiffn suc acs f vil?Yu can b yu pcius sul h is n. h is outraged by

m.t fuy f Almigy Gd agains vil is evidence f his gdnss. If h asn’ angd, h uldn’ b gd.w cann spaa Gd’s gdnss fm his ang. Again,if Gd is gd by nau, h must b unspakably angy aickdnss.

Bu his gdnss is s ga a his ang isn’ cnfind

vils f ap and mud. Ning is iddn fm his puand ly ys. h is uagd by u, ism, abin,f, lying, aduly, fnicain, pdpilia, msxualiy,and blaspmy. h als ss u thought-life, and h ill judgus f hidden sins f a: f lus, ad, bllin,gd, unclan imaginains, ingaiud, slfisnss, jalusy,pid, nvy, dci, c. Jsus and, “Bu I say yu, a

every idle word a mn sall spak, y sall giv accunf in day f judgmn”6 (mpasis addd).t Bibl says a Gd’s a “abids” n ac f us,7

and a vy im sin, ’ “sing up a”8 a illb vald n Judgmn Day. w a vn ld a a“by nature cildn f a”9 (mpasis addd). Sinningagains Gd cms naually us—and naually an hisang by u sins.

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misundsand his gdnss. wn Mss nc askd sGd’s gly, Gd ld im a culdn’ s him and liv.Mss uld insanly di if lkd upn Gd. Cnsidis:

[Gd] said, I will make all my goodness pass before you … And i sall cm pass, while my glory passesby, a I ill pu yu in a clf f ck, and illcv yu i my and il I pass by.10

Nic a all f Gd’s gly as displayd in his“gdnss.” t goodness f Gd uld av killd Mssinsanly because of his personal sinfulness. t fi f Gd’sgdnss uld av cnsumd im, lik a cup f adppd n sufac f sun. t nly ay any f uscan sand in psnc f Gd is b pu in a. Jsus

said, “Blssd a pu in a, f y sall s Gd.”11 Bu as ’v sn by lking a La, n a singl n f usis “pu in a.”

ts a xmly faful ugs, bcaus Gd a spaking abu is ning lik cmmnly accpdimag. h is n a bnvln Fa-figu, is appilysmiling upn sinful umaniy.

In mids f s figning ugs, mmb l fa k f yu. t fa f Gd is alis fayu can av. t Bibl calls i “ bginning f isdm.”12

Again, yu knldg f Gd’s La suld lp yu s a yu av a lif-aning dilmma: a ug pblm f Gd’s a (his jusifiabl ang) agains yu psnal sins.t jus pnaly f sin—baking vn n La—is da

and niy in hll. Bu yu avn’ bkn jus n La.Lik s f us, yu’v n dub bkn all s las,cunlss ims ac. wa kind f ang d yu ink a judgis jusifid in aving ad a ciminal guily f baking la thousands of times?



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Let’s See

L’s n lk a s fu maj ligins s if ycan lp yu i yu pdicamn.Hinduism: t ligin f hinduism says a if yu’v

bn bad, yu may cm back as a a sm animal.13 If yu’v bn gd, yu mig cm back as a pinc. Bua’s lik smn saying, “wn yu jump u f plan,yu’ll g suckd back in as an passng. If yu’v bn

bad, yu g dn ecnmy Class; if yu’v bn gd,yu g up Fis Class.” I’s an insing cncp, bu idsn’ dal i yu al pblm f aving sinnd againsGd and aliy f hll.

Buddhism: Amazingly, ligin f Buddism dnisa Gd vn xiss. I acs a lif and da a sf an illusin.14 ta’s lik sanding a d f plan

and saying, “I’m n ally , and ’s n suc ing as la f gaviy, and n gund a I’m ging i.” tamay mpaily lp yu dal i yu fas, bu i dsn’squa i aliy. And i dsn’ dal i yu al pblmf aving sinnd agains Gd and aliy f hll.

Islam: Insingly, Islam acknldgs aliy f sinand hll, and jusic f Gd, bu p i ffs is a

sinns can scap Gd’s jusic if y d ligius ks. Gdill s s, and because of them, pfully h ill smcy—bu y n’ kn f su.15 eac psn’s ksill b igd n Day f Judgmn and i ill n bdcidd is savd and is n—basd n yflld Islam, sinc in pnanc, and pfmdnug igus dds uig i bad ns.

S Islam blivs yu can earn Gd’s mcy by yu nffs. ta’s lik jumping u f plan and bliving aflapping yu ams is ging cun la f gaviy andsav yu fm a 10,000-f dp.



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And ’s sming ls cnsid. t La f Gdss us a bs f us is ning bu a ickd ciminal,sanding guily and cndmnd bf n f a pfcand ly Judg. wn that is undsd, n u “igusdds” a acually sn as an amp bib Judg f Univs. t Bibl says a because of our guilt, anying ff Gd f u jusificain (u acquial fm hiscum) is an abminain him,16 and nly adds ucims.

Islam, lik ligins, dsn’ slv yu pblmf aving sinnd agains Gd and aliy f hll.

Christianity: S y is Cisianiy diffn? An’ allligins sam? L’s s. In Cisianiy, Gd himslf pvidd a “paacu” f us, and his wd says gading Savi, “Pu n Ld Jsus Cis.”17 Jus as apaacu slvd yu dilmma i la f gaviy and

is cnsquncs, s Savi pfcly slvs yu dilmmai La f Gd and is cnsquncs! I is missingpuzzl-pic a yu nd.

h did Gd slv u dilmma? h saisfid his aby bcming a uman bing and aking u punismnupn himslf. t Scipus ll us a Gd as in Cis,cnciling ld himslf. Cisianiy pvids

nly paacu sav us fm cnsquncs f La av ansgssd.

Back to the Plane

t illusa is m claly, l’s g back a planf a mmn. Yu a sanding n dg f a 10,000-fdp. Yu have jump. Yu a is umping in yu cs.wy? Bcaus f fa. Yu kn a la f gaviy illkill yu n yu jump.

Smn ffs yu iginal Mna Lisa. Yu pus iasid.



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An psn passs yu kys a band nLambgini. Yu l m dp fl.

Smn ls is pu a millin dllas in yu ands.Yu pus psn’s and aay, and sand in ayu impnding fa.

Suddnly, yu a a vic say, “h’s a paacu!”Which one of those four people is going to hold the most

credibility in your eyes? I’s n ld up paacu!Again, i is yu fa f jump a uns yu ad gd ns f paacu.

In sam ay, knldg f a Gd’s La illd yu pducs a fa a maks ns f a Saviunspakably gd ns! I slvs yu pdicamn f Gd’sa. Gd lvs yu s muc a h bcam a sinlss umanbing in psn f Jsus f Naza. t Savi did anxcuciaing da n css, aking yu punismn (

da pnaly) upn himslf. t dmands f nal jusic saisfid mmn h cid, “I is finisd!”

t ligning f Gd’s a as sppd and undf his indignain as silncd a Calvay’s bldid css:“Cis as dmd us fm cus f la, bing mada cus f us.”18 w bk La, bu h bcam a man pay u pnaly in his lif’s bld. L m pu is is a

ay a in undsandabl ms f us. Gd is pfc Judg. Yu and I av bkn Gd’s La, and in his sig a dspaly guily ciminals. Bu usand yas ag, Jsus paid u fin in full. ta mans a Gd can legally dismiss u cas. h can cmmu u da snnc. Gdcan l us liv fv!

tn Jsus s fm dad, dfaing da. Again,

a mans a Gd can n fgiv vy sin yu av vcmmid and l yu liv. If yu pn and plac yu usin Jsus aln, yu can say i apsl Paul:



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“F la f Spii f lif in Cis Jsus asmad m f fm la f sin and da.”19

S yu n lng nd b mnd by fa f da, and yu dn’ nd lk any fu f ays dal i dilmma f sin and Gd’s a.20 t Savi isGd’s gif yu. The gospel is unspeakably good news for theentire, sinful human race!

Gd himslf can “jusify” yu. h can clans yu, andgiv yu “igusnss” f Cis. h can mak yu puin a by asing aay yu sins. h can sl yu fmhis fic a, in rck f Ags a h as clf fyu.21

only Jsus can sav yu fm da and hll, sminga yu culd nv an dsv.22

Do It Todayt civ gif f nal lif, yu mus pn f yu

sins (un fm m), and pu n Ld Jsus Cis as yuuld pu n a paacu—trusting in him aln f yusalvain. ta mans yu fsak yu n gd ks as amans f ying plas Gd (ying bib him), and usnly in a Jsus as dn f yu. Simply yuslf n mcy f Judg. t Bibl says a h’s ic inmcy all call upn him,23 s call upn him ig n.h will a yu if yu appac him i a umbl andsful a.

D i ig n bcaus yu dn’ kn n yu illak a lap ug d f da. Cnfss yu sins Gd, pu yu us in Jsus sav yu, and yu ill passfm da lif. Yu av Gd’s pmis n i.24

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“Da Gd, day I un aay fm all f my sins[nam m] and I pu my us in Jsus Cis alnas my Ld and Savi. Plas fgiv m, cang mya, and gan m Yu gif f vlasing lif. In Jsus’ nam I pay. Amn.”

N av fai in Gd. h is absluly usy.Nv dub his pmiss. h is n a man a h suld li.

t sinciy f yu pay ill b vidncd by yu

bdinc Gd’s ill, s ad his wd ( Bibl) dailyand by a yu ad.25 tn g .livingas.cmand click n “Sav Yuslf Sm Pain.” t yu ill findpincipls a ill lp yu g in yu fai. Yu miglik g The Evidence Bible, ic anss 100 f mscmmn qusins abu Cisian fai. Is infmaivcmmnay ill lp yu g as a Cisian.26

Plas dn’ ss is bk asid. If i’s bn lpful yu,pass i n smn yu ca abu—’s ning mimpan an y ill spnd niy.

tank yu f ading is.

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