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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL
Undoubtedly there is a great subtlety and important purpose
behind God's creation of cancer. By demonstrating what painful
results come about with the slightest changes to the system He has cre-
ated, God reminds mankind of their impotence in respect to Him.
Perhaps medicine will soon find a cure for cancer. Who knows?
But when this cure is found, it will serve only to clarify the degree of
perfection in the system God created. Once a solution is found and the
details of this mechanism are more closely studied, then the subtlety,
superior knowledge and intelligence in His creation will be revealed
for all to see.

Cancer and Mutations
For what reason should any cell develop these properties, which
are so difficult to overcome? This is still not known. What triggers the
transformation of a normal cell into a cancerous one is still a big ques-
tion. But some of the facts we know about how cancer begins are rem-
iniscent of mutation-in other words, a change in the DNA of one
single cell.
Mutations and cancer have the following relationship:
1) Cancer always begins with a sudden change in one cell.
2) Once that cell becomes diseased, all other cells produced from
it are identical: the bad characteristic is passed on from generation to
generation.
3) Cancerous cells seem stronger and more durable than normal
cells and gain advantages that keep them alive.
4) Most of the cancer-causing agents-chemicals, X-rays and UV
rays, for example-also cause mutations.
Consequently, the most likely cause of cancer is a change in the
cell's DNA, that is, a mutation. Obviously the opposite is true: a muta-
tion that causes a change in the DNA, would also lead to cancer.
This is another piece of evidence that brings the theory of evolu-
tion to its knees once again. If you remember, evolutionists use muta-

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