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A PERFECT ARMY SET ON ITS GOAL

A fluid secreted from the prostate gland joins the sperm on their way.
This fluid is composed of citric acid, calcium and acid phosphate, a clot-
ting enzyme and a profibrinolysin. In the female reproductive organs the-
re is a thick mixture of acids which prevents the proliferation of bacteria.
Besides curtailing the ability of the sperm to move, this acid mixture can
kill them, but the prostate fluid neutralizes the effect of the acid, thus al-
lowing the sperm to swim easily toward the egg.
Here it is useful to pause and think for a moment. The prostate gland
in the male reproductive system acts with knowledge of the environment
of the female body. It knows that the sperm will encounter an acidic envi-
ronment in the course of their journey and that they will not be able to
survive in that environment. Moreover, it can determine how to overco-
me this danger and produce the fluid required to do it. There is no doubt
that here we have to do with a miracle. It is impossible to say that a sec-
retory gland in the male body knows another structure unconnected with
itself, and, acting according to this knowledge, makes decisions and car-
ries them out. Just think: not even a human being with conscious intelli-
gence and the ability to hear and see, calculate, decide on a course of
action and arrive at a solution, could foresee what kinds of danger exist in
a totally alien environment and take measures in relation to them. But the
prostate gland, a piece of flesh composed of cells, can manage this. It is in
no way possible to claim that it is the prostate gland that makes such vi-
tal decisions and implements them. It is God Who has inspired this gland
to perform its function; it is He Who has created every square millimetre
of the male reproductive system and of the female body.
Moreover, the prostate gland is not the only gland that produces
what is required in the male reproductive system for the journey of the
sperm. The fluid secreted by the seminal vesicles located beside the pros-
tate gland is indispensable for this journey. Shortly after the sperm have
started on their way, this fluid joins them to help them reach the end of
their difficult journey. This fluid contains an abundance of fructose and
other nutrient substances as well as large quantities of "prostaglandins"
and "fibrinogen". The fructose and other nourishment sustains the sperm

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