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Dumbest. Article. Ever.

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Lee M.

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This article in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer purports to instruct us that Science has shown that the Virgin Birth couldn’t possibly be true becuase, well, where would Jesus have gotten his Y chromosome if he didn’t have a human father? Jeez, why didn’t I think of that?

And, now that you mention it, hasn’t Science shown that dead people don’t come back to life? Time to close the churches, folks! Nothing more to see here!

Then it degenerates into true silliness:

But for Jesus, a miraculous manufacture of genetic material would imply there’s a sequence of genetic code designed by God himself – God’s own approved DNA. That would have big implications for those who believe in the premise of The Da Vinci Code – that Jesus had children and his lineage continues to the present day.

And this is in the “Health and Science” section of the paper!

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2 responses to “Dumbest. Article. Ever.”

  1. Joshie

    The problem is complicated further if you accept the premise that Mary Jesus’ mother was born without sin too.

    But a bigger question might be, isn’t all DNA designed by God?

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  2. Lee

    But a bigger question might be, isn’t all DNA designed by God?

    Good point!

    I just think the artilce is a grand exercise in missing the point. I mean, it’s a miracle, which is, by definition, not something that would happen in the normal course of things.

    I’m not saying everyone has to believe in the Virgin Birth – you either believe it or you don’t – but the science of genetics doesn’t really have anything to do with it one way or another.

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