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CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CELL

BACTERIA-DESTROYING MACHINES

IN THE LIVER

Bacteria that we cannot see enter our bodies through the food
we eat, via the air we breathe, or by any number of other ways.
Harmful bacteria must be neutralized before they upset the work-
ings of the body. For this reason, certain cells in the body, whose
sole duty is defense, have been endowed with perfect memory.
However, as an example of the body's faultless design, many
additional defense measures have been set up. One line of defense
is provided by certain cells found in the liver—a strategic point in
the circulatory system.
In less than 0.01 of a second, the so-called Kupffer cells digest
and neutralize any harmful bacteria that pass through the blood-
stream from the small intestine to the liver. Out of all of the count-
less bacteria that enter the body, how can these unthinking cells
distinguish those that can cause harm from those that are benefi-
cial? How can these cells destroy some bacteria, but leave others
untouched—without knowing the bacteria's characteristics or
what they will do, once inside the body?
At this point, another important fact requires consideration:
that Kupffer cells are found in the liver. But why the liver, and not
any other organ? Here is still another proof of our bodies' perfect
creation. Had these cells been placed in any other organ in the
body except the liver, the cleansing of the blood from bacteria
wouldn't have been as effective. Because after being cleansed in
the liver, the blood then enters the general circulatory system, to
circulate throughout the entire body. And so, fewer than one in a
hundred bacteria ever succeed in reaching the general circulation.
What sort of blind coincidence could have ensured the placement
of Kupffer cells in the liver, out of all the organs in the body? The

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