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to calculate the statistical possibility of an accidental beginning of life as proposed by the evolutionists, they came to the conclusion that from a mathematical point of view, it is impossible that life on earth had an accidental beginning. Presenting his theory, Dr. Vikramsinghe observes, “The possibility that life began on earth following an accidental interaction is so remote that it can be likened to finding a single particular grain of sand after we sift all shores of all the oceans on all the planets in the universe".
Renowned internationally for his ideology of intermediate technology and author of "Small Is Beautiful", E.P. Schumacher has critically discussed Darwin's theory of evolution in an original way in his book "A Guide for the Perplexed". At the end of a wide-ranging, pointed critique on the ideological defects and ontological gaps in evolutionism, he arrives at the inference that, 'Evolutionism is not science, it is science fiction, even a kind of hoax".
Well, let us remind ourselves here that we are not dealing with the question of 'How life evolved on the earth'; the main point of our consideration at present is, whether the vital throb of life is an end-product of chemical synthesis or not. Deliberating upon this point, we have already noted that leaving aside the question of generating the vital spark of life through synthetic chemical processes, even the creation of a cell structure of such simple unicelluar protoplasmic bodies like diatom or amoeba by juggling with chemical components is out of reach of science. Hence, the statement that life evolved on earth after it cooled down to comfortable temperatures' could be accepted only to the extent that as environmental conditions congenial to life arose on the earth, 'souls' transmigrating from some other planets landed on the earth to colonise it and as atmosphere improved, progressively more developed thousing units' with complex arrangement of 'rooms' - cells - came into existence; Eventually, the process reached its pinnacle and there came into being the human
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| SR No. | 006765 |
| Book Title | Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra |
| Publisher | Jain Sahitya Academy |
| Publication Year | 1993 |
| Total Pages | 140 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 6 MB |