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ll the time you have been reading this book, as well as at the
present moment, the molecules in your body have been
going about their activities constantly. Some have measured your calcium
levels and in various ways, have made good any calcium deficiency. Others
have begun collecting amino acids necessary for protein production. Some
have divided your DNA’s double helix in two in order to copy it, while oth-
ers have waged war on bacteria and viruses entering your body and thus
protected you against disease.
Others have worked to maintain your body temperature within nor-
mal range, and still others have expelled waste products from your body.
Countless other processes as well have been taking place, all at the same
time.
You have done nothing to regulate all this, to initiate it, nor to put an
end to it. You have just sat in your chair, reading.
This book, besides introducing you to the infinite might, knowledge
and intelligence of God, has described just a few of the proofs that He is the
Compassionate and Merciful. God has created human beings and all other

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