Why Cloning Provides No Support for the Theory of Evolution

During the cloning process, DNA from a cell from the organism planned to be duplicated is placed under the microscope and implanted into an egg of another of the same species. The DNA of the organism whose copying is being planned is employed for this process. Immediately afterwards, an electric shock causes the egg cell to start dividing. The developing embryo is placed inside the womb of a female member of that particular species, and its growth and birth are then awaited.

First off, cloning and evolution are completely different concepts. The theory of evolution is based on the claim that life came into existence from inanimate matter as the result of chance (though there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that this claim might be true). Cloning, on the other hand, is the replication of a living thing by using genetic material from a living cell-a biological process repeated by artificial means in a laboratory environment. In other words, there is no chance process, nor of inanimate matter coming to life-on which the theory of evolution depends.

In fact, the replication process is manifest proof of a biological law that completely undermines evolution. That law is the principle that "Life arises from life" advanced in the late 19th century by the famous scientist Louis Pasteur. The depiction of cloning as evidence for evolution in the face of this evident fact is a major distortion perpetrated by certain sections of the media.

1. Methyl
2. Histone
3. Compressed chromatin
4. Nucleus
5. Chromatin
6. Proteins
7. Cytoplasm
8. Acetyl

9. Histone
10. Released chromatin
11. Electric shock
12. Donor cell
13. Nucleus
14. Cell division
15. Blastocytes (differentiated cells)
16. Bearing mother

D) Fusion: This process enables two adjoining cells to fuse together fully. in  addition, during this phase the nucleus moves to the center of the cytoplasm.

E) Activation: The cell begins to divide. This new cell that forms continues with the same stages that the mother cell underwent as the result of fertilization. The blastocytes (differentiated cells) are now ready to be implanted.

F) Implantation: The blastocytes are placed in the animal's womb, and the offspring is born at the end of the normal gestation period.

Cloning is performed under the supervision of conscious human beings, and every stage takes place under very strict control. This technique provides no support for the theory of evolution in any way because, as with the creation of living things, there is absolutely no room for chance in cloning.

Advances in various scientific fields, particularly over the last 30 years, have shown that it is impossible to account for the emergence of living things in terms of chance. Evolutionists' scientific errors and biased analyses have been documented, and the theory of evolution has become indefensible within the requirements of science. This has propelled evolutionists to look for other solutions, which is the reason for the propaganda around such scientific advances as the "copying of life" and "test-tube babies" being portrayed as proofs of evolution.

Another misconception is the idea that cloning means creating a new life form. The fact is, cloning consists of an already existing reproductive mechanism being joined to previously existing genetic information. No new mechanisms or genetic data are produced during this procedure. Genetic information is extracted from an organism that already exists-a sheep, for example-and is then implanted into the womb of a female sheep. The lamb is thus a "younger twin" of the sheep from which the genetic information was extracted. This has nothing to do with theory of evolution, nor with the concept of creating a living thing from scratch.

Creating a human being or any other living thing-bringing them into existence from nothing-is unique to Allah alone. Scientific progress confirms this by showing that it is impossible for human beings to perform such creation. In one verse it is stated that:

The Originator of the heavens and Earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, "Be!" and it is.  (Surat al-Baqara, 117)

Evolutionists are left with nothing scientific to say, but still attempt to keep their theory alive by hiding behind popular scientific ignorance, thus making that theory's lack of credibility crystal-clear. Like all other important scientific advances, cloning is a very illuminating development revealing that life was created.

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