Page 157 - Photosynthesis: The Green Miracle

Harun Yahya

Pigments and Unrealistic Evolutionist Scenarios
Visible light, the colors produced by pigments, and our eyes that per-
ceive these millions of hues have all been created through the infinite

knowledge and artistry of Allah. The components in this three-part sys-
tem, which will not function if any one component is missing, are all in
perfect harmony.
The material used in the pigments of plants has also been used for
the retina, the pigment in the human eye. Yet while the same substance in-
itiates photosynthesis in plants, in the human eye it is responsible for
transmitting messages about the image in the eye to the brain. It is ex-
traordinary how a substance consisting of a combination of a few atoms
can possess different properties and duties depending on its location.

The retinas are connected to the brain by 600,000 nerves that receive
1.5 million messages, arranges them and sends them on to the optical cen-
ter at a speed of 500 kilometers/hour (300 miles/hour), at the same time
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to the brain. Like the complex system in the human eye, the task per-
formed by chlorophyll in plants has a very complex structure. In describ-
ing these two systems, evolutionists never raise the fact that every part of
the system’s complex structure must have been created at the same mo-

ment.
According to the classic evolutionist scenario, plants felt the need to
make use of solar energy and—in some way—produced pigments. Never
forget, these plants had no prior knowledge of any substance such as pig-
ments nor of any system in which they can function. The logical inconsist-
ency in this theory becomes clear when evolutionists’ beliefs are actually
laid out. According to them, a single-celled organism, needing an energy
source for its survival, possessed no awareness or intelligence. Yet some-
how it determined that the Sun is an economical, constant energy source.

It later “realized” how it could use this energy and, resolving problems
which present-day scientists are still seeking to answer, planned a system
to store solar wavelengths as chemical energy. To achieve that goal, it de-

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