Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 564
THE 'BLIND WATCHMAKER' WHO IS ALSO DEAF AND DUMB questions which have to be answered by godless naturalists. . The entire eyeball, including all the delicate and complex features it contains has to be explained in the light of his bit bit theory. The optic system is far more complex and harmonized than any layman can ever understand. Even. Professor Dawkins, a great naturalist that he is, is only hovering above its surface. But to cover the surfaces alone is a supreme task. So he has a lot more work to do in the same field. There are so many other illustrations from the sensory systems in animal life, which despite being hundreds of million years remote from us, present the same fundamental structural design. The differences are only peripheral but they too are precisely designed for the specific requirements of the animals which possess them. . A. NIMALS other than bats, owls and dolphins are also provided with a highly sophisticated mechanism to hear and see in total darkness. Apart from that, the following are some examples of mechanisms of awareness which in their narrow field far exceed that of humans and man-made machines. . A most fascinating example is that of some snakes which are entirely guided by ultraviolet heat rays providing them with an extremely sensitive awareness, albeit narrowly confined to a specific task. They are fully equipped with the most advanced ultrasonic and infrared devices. A certain species of snakes is provided with an extremely sensitive receptacle between his eyes and nostrils which transmit to it infrared stimuli through an opening like a pinhole camera. This opening - only a few millimetres in size – transmits infrared rays to the receptacle which is so sensitive as it can detect changes in temperature as small as 0. 003°C. To such changes the snake can respond as rapidly as within thirty-five milliseconds, a speed which is 530