Page 132 - The Miracle of Human Creation

THE MARVELLOUS CREATION OF THE EYE

In the fourth week, two cavities are formed on ei-
ther side of the embryo's head. It is hard to believe, but
the eyes will be formed in these cavities beginning in the
sixth week. For months the cells work according to an
incredible plan, forming the various parts of the eye one
by one. Some cells make the cornea, some make the
pupil and others make the lens. When a part that a par-
ticular cell constructs is completed, the cell ceases to
work. Each cell makes a different part of the eye; afterwards, they unite with one
another in a marvellous way. There is no error in the process; nothing else takes the
place of the pupil, and the cornea, eye muscles, and every other element is in place.
These operations continue and the eye is perfectly formed with its various layers.
Here we must ask ourselves a few questions: How do these cells know that
they must construct different layers? How do they decide where to begin and end
the construction of each layer? To these questions there is only one answer: The
cells are able to perform this conscious activity because they move under the in-
spiration of God. But evolutionists who try to explain the formation of a human
being by the operations of chance cannot give an answer to these questions.
One evolutionist who explained the perfect plan in the human body was
Hoimar von Ditfurth. In his book, Im Anfang War Der Wasserstoff (In the Beginning
was Hydrogen), he explained the formation of a human being in detail, but he con-
fessed that the theory of evolution could never give an answer to the questions
"how" or "why":
If there is no plan to determine where and when the construction will begin
and in what sequence each of its components will be put into operation, that
plan will be useless, even if it is excellent in other respects. We know that we
must start constructing this building from the foundation up and after we fin-

develop- optic stem developing
ing brain developing eyelash
optic sac eye retina
ectoderm
socket lens
develop-
ing lens
developing
developing
optic nerves cornea
The formation of the eye in the embryo is briefly as above. A projecting part de-
velops from the forebrain. There form inward evaginations where this hollow
reaches the outermost layer of the embryo (ectoderm). From these evaginations,
called optic vesicles, will emerge the eyes.