Backwards retina (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, May 21, 2011, 00:33 (4936 days ago) @ David Turell

Atheists always point to the backwards retina. How can God be the great be the great designer when He has done something like that. Try on the latest complexities that make the retina what a great camera it really is. God is not such a dumb designer after all:
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> http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46010-I feel your appraisal is unintentionally misleading; the main objection from atheists is in asking the question "Why flip the image and then force the brain to flip it back?"-This article talks about a completely different point altogether. It's talking about an underlying mechanism that would be unaffected by transmitting the image the "right" way in the first place. Or, in another way, the mechanism discussed doesn't address the argument posited by atheists at all.

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