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CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CELL
cell, only one hundredth of a millimeter in size, is much more com-
plex than any oil refinery or hydroelectric plant.
An oil refinery is built and run by engineers aware of what
petroleum is, who have analyzed crude oil in the laboratory, and
who act in the light of this technical information. It would be
impossible for anyone ignorant of what petroleum is to build a
refinery.
In the same way, knowledge is required to produce energy in a
cell which is much more complex than an oil refinery. It's obvious-
ly ridiculous to suggest that a cell has the ability to learn. But then
how do cells bring about this production?
The truth is, no cell has the opportunity to "learn" any biologi-
cal process, in its literal sense. If the cell couldn't carry out this
process when it first appeared, then it would have no chance of
acquiring the necessary skills later on—simply because oxygen,
which plays such a central role in energy production, has a
destructive effect on the cell. The cell had to have appeared togeth-
er with this defensive property. This is only one of many proofs
that cells didn't appear as the result of any coincidence, but were
created by God in one instant.

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