Page 67 - The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

In con clu sion, the cell's very exis tence requires the
exis tence of its cell mem brane. And it is impos si ble for
that mem brane to come into exis tence through the cell's
own deci sion or by any string of coin ci den ces. Professor
Gerald Weissman of the New York University Medical
Center has empha sized the essen tial nature of the cell
mem brane in order to be able to speak of life:

In the begin ning, there must have been a mem brane!
Whatever flash of light ning there was that orga nized pur ines,
pyr im i dines, and amino acids into mac ro mol e cu les capa ble of
repro duc ing them selves. 22
Scientists agree that it is impos si ble to speak of life in
the absence of the cell mem brane. However, do not for -
get that the cell mem brane also must exist with its pres-
ent-day com plex struc ture and char ac ter is tic of select ive
per me a bil i ty. It is out of the ques tion for that fea ture to
devel op by sta ges, as Darwinists hypoth e size. If the cell
mem brane does not pos sess its present fea tures, then the
cell itself can not sur vive. The cell mem brane must there -
fore be able to know the exter nal envi ron ment, iden ti fy
the cell's needs, deter mine wheth er sub stan ces about to
enter the cell are harm ful, and make no errors in these
selec tions. Clearly chem i cal reac tions, the laws of phys ics
and coin ci dence can not endow this thin mem brane—
con sist ing of inert fats and pro teins, with such con scious
select iv i ty.

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