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The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

almost all the early cells were cov ered in such an exter nal
mem brane that acted as a bar ri er. 21

How clear ly irra tion al von Ditfurth's expla na tion is!
It is impos si ble for a cell that came into being by coin ci -
dence to rea son that it needs an enclo sure and then to
imme di ate ly man age to imple ment one. Such an event
may hap pen in sci ence fic tion films, but to claim that
each one of a great num ber of cells came about by coin ci -
dence and dis played the same intel lect is an irra tion al
and far-fetched claim.

The cell membrane understands that substances like potassium and
sodium differ from one another, and employs different methods for
these substances' quantities and speeds of passage. Some substances
it does not permit to pass. Darwinists assume that the cell membrane's
selective permeability could have developed gradually, but this is not
possible. If the cell membrane lacked any of the properties it possesses,
the cell could not survive.

Potassium

Sodium
EXTRACELLULAR
ENVIRONMENT
Phosphorus

INTRACELLULAR
ENVIRONMENT

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