The Miracle of the Eye

Charles Darwin described the eye as one of
the greatest challenges to his theory. How
could he explain it? The eye, after all, is simply
incompatible with evolution. “To suppose,” he
admitted, “that the eye with all its inimitable
contrivances . . . could have been formed by
natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd
in the highest degree” (The Origin of Species,
1859, Masterpieces of Science Edition,
1958, p. 146).

Jesus said that “the lamp of the body is the
eye” (Matthew 6:22).

The human eye possesses 130 million lightsensitive
rods and cones that convert light into
chemical impulses. These signals travel at a
rate of a billion per second to the brain.
The essential problem for Darwinists is how
so many intricate components could have independently
evolved to work together perfectly
when, if a single component didn’t function
perfectly, nothing would work at all.

Think about it. Partial transitional structures
are no aid to a creature’s survival and may
even be a hindrance. If they are a hindrance,
no further gradual development would occur
because the creature would, according to advocates
of natural selection, be less apt to survive
than the other creatures around him. What
good is half a wing or an eye without a retina?
Consequently, either such structures as feathered
wings must have appeared all at once,
either by absurdly implausible massive mutations
(“hopeful monsters,” as scientists refer to
such hypothetical creatures) or by creation.
“Now it is quite evident,” says Francis Hitching,
“that if the slightest thing goes wrong en
route—if the cornea is fuzzy, or the pupil fails
to dilate, or the lens becomes opaque, or the
focusing goes wrong—then a recognizable
image is not formed. The eye either functions
as a whole, or not at all.

“So how did it come to evolve by slow,
steady, infinitesimally small Darwinian improvements?
Is it really possible that thousands
upon thousands of lucky chance mutations
happened coincidentally so that the
lens and the retina, which cannot work without
each other, evolved in synchrony? What
survival value can there be in an eye that
doesn’t see?

“Small wonder that it troubled Darwin. ‘To
this day the eye makes me shudder,’ [Darwin]
wrote to his botanist friend Asa Gray in February,
1860” (The Neck of the Giraffe, 1982,
p. 86).

Incredible as the eye is, consider that we
have not one but two of them. This matched
pair, coupled with an interpretive center in
the brain, allows us to determine distances
to the objects we see. Our eyes also have
the ability to focus automatically by elongating
or compressing themselves. They are
also inset beneath a bony brow that, along
with automatic shutters in the form of eyelids,
provide protection for these intricate and
delicate organs.

Darwin should have considered two passages
in the Bible. “The hearing ear and the
seeing eye, the Lord has made them both,”
wrote King Solomon (Proverbs 20:12). And
Psalm 94:9 asks: “He who planted the ear,
shall He not hear? He who formed the eye,
shall He not see?”

The same can be said of the brain, nose,
palate and dozens of other complex and highly
developed organs in any human being or animal.
It would take a quantum leap of faith to
think all this just evolved. Yet that is commonly
taught and accepted.

After reviewing the improbability of such
organs arising in nature from an evolutionary
process, Professor H.S. Lipson, a member of
the British Institute of Physics, wrote in 1980:
“We must go further than this and admit that
the only acceptable explanation is creation. I
know that this is anathema to physicists, as
indeed it is to me, but we must not reject a
theory that we do not like if the experimental
evidence supports it” (Physics Bulletin, Vol.
30, p. 140).

How could the eye, with its many
intricate, interacting structures, have
evolved through a random process?

Dragonfly Mysteries

Did you know that…

• A dragonfly has extraordinary visual capabilities? Two large compound eyes each contain up to 30,000 facets. Each facet “faces in a slightly different direction and resolves a separate image,” enabling it to see in almost every direction simultaneously (from Dragonflies by Cynthia Berger, page 22).

• As aerodynamic wonders, dragonflies have long intrigued the U.S. military and NASA? Wing design allows these aerial acrobats to launch vertically, hover motionless for up to a minute, make zigzag maneuvers and stop on a dime.
Are dragonflies mere mutants or masterpieces of divine design?

Think about it.

Blogging

Well i been trying this out for a few days and
slowly getting the hang of the "bloggers" world

Found the template i using today to change the
layout from the usual boring templates.

Thank goodness its almost friday - have had a hectic
week and look forward to the weekend.

Hope all have a great weekend.

A Life Lesson

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

Live simply and appreciate what you have.

Give more.

Expect less


NOW ............


Enough of that crap . . . The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.


MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

Organ Donor

Loneliness

I dont think if ones alone that its all bad - most people often feel a person should have a partner
I believe its fine to be on ones own and to be what others regard as "lonely".

Loneliness to me is a perception from others - why - soon as someone is alone people presume you are lonely which is not quite true.

You are never alone - God is always with you

oh well i just been thinking all kinds of stuff lately - weird hey

This is beautiful!

Dear GOD: I want to thank You for what you have already done. I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards. I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better. I'm not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me. I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears. I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves. I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet. I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get the job. I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief. I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed. I am thanking you right now. I am thanking you because I am alive. I am thanking you because I made it through the days of difficulties. I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles. I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better. I'm thanking you because FATHER, YOU haven't given up on me. Have a great day, and an even better tomorrow.

Mondays

Dont we all just love Mondays – lol

Its cold and winter has arrived and i seem

To have a lot going through my mind.

 

I have missed not seeing my daughter this past

Weekend and i must say thank you to a good friend

Of mine “Vicky” – u have always been a great pal

Even if u at times have not felt it – THANK YOU

 

Today is just miserable but thank goodness its over.

xenophobia

Currently i live in SA and we are experiencing major xenophobia attacks which is mainly between illegal immigrants and local South African blacks - they argue that foreigners are taking there jobs and wives etc but what makes a person set another person alight with fuel poured all over them. ill never understand such hatred.