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The Signs Leading To Faith Refute
Atheism And Materialism
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quirement that all of its different organelles be present fully
formed and working perfectly means that no such chance-
based process could have taken place.

An eye that cannot secrete tears will soon dry up and go
blind. Furthermore, a tear’s antiseptic properties protect the
eye against germs. Evolutionists are unwilling to consider
how the eye, which would dry up in a matter of hours in the

absence of tears, managed to wait for millions of years until
the tear glands emerged. In order for the eye to fulfill its func-
tion, it needs a body that has all of its systems and organs in

place, as well as such tissues and organelles as the cornea, iris,
pupil, lens, retina, choroid, eye muscles, and eyelid. In addi-
tion, in the absence of the superb network of nerves that con-
nects the eye and the brain, and without the exceedingly

complex visual center in the brain, we would be unable to see.
Moreover, all of these parts have such special and complex
structures that they could never have come into being by

chance.
Consider the following facts: If any organelle, such as the
lens, were absent, or if the positions of the lens and the pupil
were changed, the eye would be unable to fulfill its function of

sight. In short, the eye’s structure is the work of very special
planning. There is only one valid and logical explanation of
how these organelles and strata, not one of which could have

come about unaided and by chance, adhere to such a specific
plan, work in such harmony, and exist in the same place: God,
Lord of infinite intelligence and might, creates all of these or-
ganelles.

Given that the eye cannot generate itself or come about by