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Psalm 33:18

In the eye of the beholder

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It’s very important that eyes be kept clean and moist. Failure to do so will result in blindness.

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Lacrimal Gland

Lacrimal Canals

Lacrimal Sac

Tears

Lacrimal System

The lacrimal gland, secretes tears through its excretory ducts onto the surface of the eye;

The tears contain a wonder chemical called LYSOZYME which is one of the most effective antibacterial and antiviral agents known to man. It destroys 90-95% of all bacteria within 5 to 10 minutes. Aren’t you glad?

 

As the eyelids are closed the tears are spread over the surface of the eyeball in a 3 layered covering. As the eyelids are closed the lacrimal sac is squeezed flat

As the eyelids open the sac expands and sucks the excess liquid through the two canals into the sac from where it is discharged into the nasal passage. This intricate drainage system means that you don't have tears constantly running down your cheeks. Clever stuff!

Eyeball

The Coelacanth, as we saw on page 5, for obvious reasons was rejected as the missing link between sea creatures and land dwellers. However, the evolutionist is so committed to his cause, he has come up with have other fish to take the place of the Coelacanth. One such creature is Tiktaalik, which showed traits of both fish and tetrapods (four-legged animals). It was a member of the ‘bony fish’ group (bones instead of cartilage). The discoverers of the Tikaalik fossil on Ellesmere Island, Canada in 1999, said ...

 

Tiktaalik - Artist’s impression

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“This animal was specialized for living in shallow stream systems, perhaps swampy habitats, perhaps  even to some of the ponds. And maybe occasionally, using its very specialized fins, for moving up overland. And that's what is particularly important here. The animal is developing features which will eventually allow animals to exploit land.”

I somehow think the words ‘perhaps’, ‘maybe’, likelihoodmay have’, suggest a good measure of wild speculation and an over active imagination. It amply illustrates the maxim we considered previously on page 5 - “I wouldn’t have seen it if  I hadn’t believed it’

“The discoverers said that in all likelihood, Tiktaalik flexed its proto-limbs primarily on the floor of streams and may have pulled itself onto the shore for brief periods”

Since they spend their lives in water, they have no need for the complex lacrimal bathing and drainage system that is necessary to maintain sight, but once they think about venturing onto land they most definitely do need it. Tears bring oxygen and other necessary nutrients to the cornea, and they carry waste products away from the cornea, preventing the cornea from becoming infected. They maintain the proper levels of saline on the cornea to protect the eye and preserve vision. With this in mind, we need to ask one or two questions. ‘How could the creature survive on land without it?’ - ‘Where is the evidence that they evolved this system?’ - ‘Do we find any bony fish today with a half-evolved lacrimal system?’ - ‘What use would half a system be?’ For example the lacrimal gland is useless without the ducts to take the tears to the eyes. Even with the gland and ducts, without the lysozyme, blindness would ensue.

‘Bony fish lack eyelids or the ability to protect their eyes’

Lacrimal Ducts

My eyes are killing me!

Sometimes the eyes of the mudskipper are given as proof that the lacrimal system evolved. This is not so. Beneath each eye is a water-filled cup formed from skin folds. As a mudskipper’s eyes become dehydrated by exposure to the air, they must be pulled back into this cup to be moistened with the water that has collected at the bottom of the eye socket!

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