How does flagellum relate to creation?

Answer 1

Briefly, flagellum relates to creation of life because of "irreducible complexity." Even Darwin himself stated that if anyone found a biological structure that can not live over time to become more complex, then his theory would fall apart. Flagellum provide that proof.

Irreducible complexity is if any part is missing, or defective, the machine won't work. This includes biological machines. Flagellum can not be made gradually because they need many working parts for anything to work or continue.

Answer 2

The bacterial flagellum has been used by creationists to claim that evolution is false, because the flagellum is said to be "irreducibly complex".
In fact, the bacterial flagellum is not irreducibly complex. For example, the type III secretory system, a molecular syringe which bacteria use to inject toxins into other cells, appears to be a simplified sub-set of the bacterial flagellum's components. Whether the bacterial flagellum evolved from the type III secretory system or from another bacterial system, the existence of the type III secretory system proves that the bacterial flagellum is not irreducibly complex.

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