Some would have us believe that the human eye – indeed, every organ in our body – came about through random chance; that somehow thousands of accidents of nature aligned in order to create the well-ordered organism that humankind clearly is. But nowhere can we find more evidence for the creation of man by a benevolent God than in the human eye. The human eye is a marvel of biology, and its immense complexity, beauty and perfection defy explanation even by the most devoted supporters of evolutionary theory, which can leave us with only the fact of God’s existence and insight: “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27).
The human eye is far more complex than one of humanity’s most advanced creations, the computer chip. A single human eye possesses 130 million light-sensitive rods and cones that convert light into chemical impulses, and these signals subsequently travel at a rate of about one billion per second to the brain. The sensitivity range of the eye, which provides humanity with excellent vision during bright and sunny days as well as during dim, moonlit nights, far surpasses the visual capabilities of any manmade film. Now consider that we are in possession of not just a single eye, but two of them. This matching pair, coupled with an interpretive center in the brain, allows us to determine distances to the objects we see. Furthermore, our eyes have the ability to automatically focus on near or distant objects, by elongating or compressing themselves. The eyes are also inserted beneath a hard, bony brow that – in addition to the automatic shutters we possess, in the form of eyelids – provides shelter and security for these delicate ...
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...of a higher intelligence. The human body and its individual components, quite frankly, are God’s masterpiece works of engineering, for “I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14).
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