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THE ROLE OF THE EGG CELL IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW HUMAN BEING

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The moment the sperm enters the egg, it sheds its tail. In the pictures above, we see, stage by
stage, the breaking off of the tail of a sperm that has managed to enter an egg. This occurs be-
cause the continual movement of the tail inside the egg would soon damage it. This breaking
off of a sperm's tail can be compared to the jettisoning of fuel tanks and engines no longer
needed by missiles and shuttles as they leave the earth's atmosphere on their way into space.
The fact that the sperm takes account of something like this and detaches its tail in time, so
as not to damage the egg, is a sign of a highly conscious activity. The One Who makes this
sperm act in this conscious manner is God, the Creator of the sperm and the egg.

The Last Stage of Fertilisation

When the sperm enters the egg, it sheds its tail and leaves it outside.
We may compare this to a space shuttle which detaches its fuel tank when
returning to earth. As we know, when the fuel tanks which carry the
shuttle outside the earth's atmosphere have fulfilled their purpose, they
are released into space; when the fuel inside them is used up, the tanks are

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