God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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have eaten, whether it be meat, spinach, rice, or
cheese, into simpler substances, which can be
absorbed by the cells of our body and built up into
our flesh and bones. The chemical changes that take
place are truly marvellous—well beyond the
capacity of the best equipped of our laboratories.
And there are five million of these little chemical
units in the stomach, some forty million in the
intestines, and more than three and a half billion in
the liver. They produce, not only the chemicals
needed to digest our food, where and when
required, but also effective remedies against
diseases like cholera and dysentery. At the same
time, the liver manufactures substances which help
the body to burn some of the food we have eaten, to
provide the heat and energy every living being
needs. The digestive system is not only a chemical
factory, but a powerhouse as well.
The Lungs
: These are organs which bring the blood
into contact with clean fresh air—for they knew,
long before we ourselves were aware of the fact,
that to purify the blood nothing is better than a
good bath of oxygen.
