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THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN CREATION

carrying a very precious object, towards the place where it must go.
Here, as if all the elements involved in this function have received a
command from a common centre, they begin at once to work towards the
same goal. This command is such that very different areas of the body
perceive it and carry it out.
While it is in the fallopian tube, the cluster of cells goes through a
number of stages of division. A cluster of about 100 cells enters the uterus.
But in order to effect this division, the cells must be nourished. This requ-
irement can be regarded as an important aspect of the miracle of human
creation. God has created the fallopian tube so as to respond to the needs
of the zygote. In this waiting period, secretory cells alternate with the
small hair-like cells lining the fallopian tube. The secretory cells produce
large quantities of secretions including organic molecules, ions and water
for the nutrition of the zygote. 24
"…the uterus increases in size to protect the embryo. The fallopian
tubes do what is necessary to nourish the cells…" In sentences like these
we have spoken up to this point about the tissues and organs that protect
the cell cluster that formed after the egg and the sperm united, take the
appropriate measures to ensure its nourishment and work to accommo-
date these cells. It must not be forgotten that these organs and tissues are
also composed of cells. So, how can it be that one cell can sense the need
of another and, at exactly the right time, undergo the changes required to
nourish and protect it?
When we consider this question, the first answer that comes to mind
will be that there is an intelligence that controls the cells. No one will
think of a fairy tale in which "one day the cells begin to undergo a chan-
ge by chance and that afterwards these cells somehow become able to pro-
duce the nourishment required by the zygote, then go on to sustain these
wondrous occurrences that happen in all women." It is clear that anyone
who makes this claim will be accused of fabrication. The preparations that
the uterus makes to accommodate the embryo and the particular charac-
teristics of the fallopian tubes which allow them to provide nourishment
for the zygote, are operations which exist only in the knowledge of God.

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