Some people interpret the coronavirus pandemic as an example of evolution. They claim that the reason for not being able to effectively combat the pandemic is mutations, and that evolution has formed a new, powerful and advanced virus through this mechanism. However, the coronavirus outbreak has nothing to do with evolution. Mutations cannot lead to the emergence of new organisms, and do not have a developing and enhancing effect on organisms.
Viruses Are Nonliving Sacks of Genetic
Material
Viruses are not alive; they are nonliving entities. A
virus is a sack of genetic material, equipped with specific mechanisms with
which it can enter a living cell. Through very sensitive molecular mechanisms,
the virus injects its genetic material into the living cell, whether human,
animal, or plant, and uses the existing cell structures to replicate itself
until the host cell bursts. These delicate stages, that the virus overcomes the
cell’s defense systems, hijacks the cellular processes and turns the cell into
a slave cannot be explained by coincidences. Such a strategy requires a
multi-step computation, an advanced knowledge of genetics, an in-depth
biochemistry knowledge, and a knowledge of the atomic interactions, that is,
quantum mechanics.
Viral Infection: An Invasion Strategy
Product of a Superior Mind
There are receptor proteins embedded in the cell
membrane, which serves as a barrier to any foreign or harmful molecule. The
virus must first manage to deceive these receptors to pass through this border
gate. At this point, we find the special proteins that act as keys on the
surface of the virus. These keys perfectly bind to the receptors on the cell
membrane and the viral genome gains entry into the cell. The cell regards the
viral genome as its own and starts to execute coded orders, reproducing
thousands and millions of viruses. The cell which becomes a virus factory
eventually bursts. New viruses released go on to infect other cells in the same
way. This invasion can only be slowed and stopped by the immune system’s
ability to produce antibodies specific to the virus.
It is clear that viruses, which have no eyes to see,
no brains to think, and which are biologically considered “nonliving”, cannot
develop any such flawlessly functioning plan.
The Fanciful Mechanism that the Evolutionary
Theory Needs Is Not Mutations
Mutations are alterations, deletions, or displacements
of segments of DNA. Although adherents of evolution see mutation as a magical
mechanism, mutations are alterations in an already existing genetic material:
The sensitive meaningful sequence of a DNA strand is disrupted by harmful
environmental causes such as ultraviolet radiation or harmful chemicals, or at
best, it is not affected. The theory of evolution should explain the natural
emergence of a “new” sequence corresponding to a “new” genetic material
necessary for a species to transform into a new one. Such an imaginary
mechanism cannot be mutations because mutations are merely disruptions and
changes in an “existing” DNA. There is no explanation other than Creation for
the emergence of a new genetic code in nature from nothing.
Mutations Do Not Bring About New Genetic
Codes from Nothing
Influenza viruses can change in two
different ways:
1.
Antigenic Shift:This type of
change occurs only in Influenza A, which infects not just humans but also
different species of animals, including mammals and birds. When two or more
strains of a virus or of different viruses infect the same cell simultaneously,
their gene segments are exchanged and the host cell forms new viruses combining
their surface proteins (antigens). There are 8 genome segments of the influenza
virus. One of these segments may derive from the swine flu, the other from the
avian influenza, and the other from seasonal human strain. In this case, the
antigens of the virus also change. These are different surface antigens that
our immune system has not encountered before and have not produced antibodies
to. This causes a new worldwide epidemic of flu. Avian influenza and Swine flu
outbreaks have been caused by viruses that are the products of this type of
mutation.
Notice that there are ready genetic materials randomly
combined. There is no new genetic information that the virus produced,
developed, or built on its own.
2.
Antigenic Drift:In this type of
variation, the virus genes that code for the surface proteins are changed,
displaced or removed, leading to a change in the surface proteins and making
them unrecognizable to the host antibodies. As a result, the virus can infect
the cell. This is how a different strain of the virus can infect people who
were immune to the original strain and cause a seasonal influenza outbreak each
year.
The Truth of the Animal-Human Transmission
of the Coronavirus
We should remind that, contrary to some misinterpretations,
the coronavirus is not an influenza virus. Coronaviruses are a group of viruses
that generally infect animals. It has 7 types known and up to now we have seen
that three of them, namely MERS, SARS, and finally the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, are
transmitted from animals to humans.
Conclusion
As can be seen, when both mutation types seen in
viruses are examined, they are not evolutionary mechanisms. In both cases,
there is no new genetic code developed by the virus.
Again, contrary to some evolutionists’ claim, the
virus does not “adapt” to the environment. It cannot be claimed that the virus
has developed a new attack strategy on its own. Saying that it changes itself
in order not to be recognized has no scientific value beyond being a fairy tale.
It is not surprising that evolutionists attribute
individual will and power to such nonliving entities as viruses and say that
they are “changing themselves, developing, getting stronger, in a very smart
and intelligent way”. It is not surprising because attributing power to
inanimate matter is a common manifestation of pagan religions.
Viruses and their unique molecular mechanisms are
clear proofs of the existence of God, the Almighty Creator, Who knows
everything and Who rules over everything with wisdom.