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Elements of the
defence system
can harm them-
selves if they are
unable to distin-
guish between
friendly and enemy
cells. Here you can
see the organism
attacking its own
cell as if it were an
enemy.

will be understood how illogical and unreasonable the
claim of evolutionists is.
A defence cell developed within the bone marrow
or the thymus would be killed or inactivated if it react-
ed to the products of the body. A mature lymphocyte
faces the same consequence in case it attacks the body's
own products. That is to say that any element of the de-
fence system likely to harm the body is either killed or
forced to commit suicide obeying the command it
receives.
However, if a T cell is confronted by another body
cell, it does not attack but rather inactivates itself. Simi-
larly, if there is any substance in the body that carries
antigen properties which should not, however, be de-
stroyed, the human body does not produce any anti-
bodies and so does not attack it.
If we consider the fact that our body contains
around 1 trillion lymphocytes, we can appreciate the
miraculous discipline required to ensure that these cells
only target enemy cells and spare friendly cells.