In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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34. DNA Production and Repair

DNA cannot function without at least 75 preexisting proteins,^a but proteins are produced only at the direction of DNA.^b Because each needs the other, a satisfactory explanation for the origin of one must also explain the origin of the other.^c The components of these manufacturing systems must have come into existence simultaneously. This implies creation.

When a cell divides, its DNA is copied, sometimes with errors. Each animal and plant has machinery that identifies and corrects most errors;^d if it did not, the organism would deteriorate and become extinct. If evolution happened, which evolved first, DNA or its repair mechanism? Each requires the other.