How Buildings Grow by Henry Morris, Ph.D. "We'll show the
evolutionists that complex structures don't grow by chance,"
said the operator of the giant crane, as his machine lifted the
large concrete slab and hoisted it into position as part of the
wall of the new ICR building. He was wrong, of course. All the
scientific authorities of the region agreed that the building
had grown up from the ground by time, chance, and natural
processes. Because of other commitments, they were only able to
observe its growth once a week, on Sundays, when no one else was
around, but as scientists they were confident they knew exactly
what was happening. It happened like this, they explained. Once
there was this vacant area of land, with nothing on it but grass
and weeds and great numbers of little animals. Then the animals
probably began to disturb the soil, rearranging it into more
suitable conditions for the purpose of building. Soon there
began to appear on the prepared land a smooth rocklike covering
overlain by networks of