Third objection: the struggle for life
The competition for survival between species is an axiom of Darwin's theory and a sufficient reason to establish the difference between and variety of species. He asserts that the individuals with the best characteristics are those who get established and grow, thus evolving through the development of a dominant trait.
Al-Mashrîq's response: some scientists explain the struggle for survival in a way other than Darwin's since they dispute this struggle's faculty to produce new types within a species. Quite the reverse, they say, this struggle keeps up the balance within the species through the elimination of the weak individuals and the perpetuation of the strong ones. Furthermore the comparison of some current animal species to their ancestry, e.g. the pachyderms and the reptiles would suggest that the new generations have lost some of their distinctions and volume, contrary to Darwinism's claims.
