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Philip Rhoades okx at extro
Sat Apr 8 11:06:54 EST 1995


Giovanni Maga (maga at vetbio.unizh.ch) wrote:
: In article <3m4glc$r6a at fred.uswnvg.com>, pxcave at pebbles.uswnvg.com (Phillip
: Cave) wrote:

: > 
: > How about the evolution of the human eye? (or eyes in general)
: > 
: > Here is a quote from Darwin......."To suppose that the eye, with all its
: > inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances,
: > for admitting different amount of light, and for the correction of
: > spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural
: > selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible
: > degree...The beleif that an organ as perfect as the eye could have
: > formed by natural selection is more than enough to stagger anyone."
: > 
: > Good luck explaining it without comming to the conclussion that the eye,
: > among all other things, was created by God.
: > 
: > : Molecular Biology Unit.
: > : TIFR; Colaba,
: > : Bombay -400 005
: > : INDIA.

: I respect the hopinion that all was created by God. What I do not accept is
: the belief that God created *every* thing as we see it now. I still think
: that evolution could have something to do with that.

Who created God?

Phil.
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