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The True Story of Darwin's Finches

Little things often have significant impact. A microscopic atom can unleash massive destruction if properly harnessed. Likewise a vessel’s rudder — one of the most minuscule aspects of the ship’s construction — triumphs over tremendous oceanic forces as it keeps the ship on course. And one obscure, amateur naturalist who visited a tiny group of islands in the South Pacific, and observed a little population of finches, gave us modern science. Darwin’s speculations about the nature of life seemed to come alive in the Galapagos Islands. It seemed that there was finally evidence — definitive proof — for the possibility of life without a Creator. Darwin took a leap of faith right off the precipice of irrational atheism, and his theory has been plummeting ever since. Moreover, Darwin’s finches, which have achieved celebrity status among evolutionists today, constitute a remarkable case study in the impossibility of evolution.

Read the rest of the article by Vision Forum’s resident aficionado of ornithology, Benjamin Berkompas.