Does an objective look at the human eye show evidence of creation?
Perhaps the most frequently raised criticism of evolution in any evolution-creation debate is that of the human eye. The creationist will say something like, “How can something as marvelous as the human eye have come about by chance alone? Surely there must have been a divine creation.” These types of statements show two things. First, the creationist doesn’t understand how evolution’s ‘chance’ works. (i.e. They have yet to grasp the fact of cumulative natural selection.) Second, they haven’t bothered to really examine the human eye to look for characteristics such as design flaws. (Note that the quote from Ernst Mayr under the above “creationist will say” link has been taken completely out of context. Not only does Mayr’s entire book provide evidence after evidence of “improved” random mutations, but the same paragraph as quoted also states that “the objectors to random mutations have so far been unable to advance any alternative explanation that was supported by substantial evidence.
