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Is this a basis for explaining immaculate conception?
by nikhizzle 4y ago
Is this a basis for explaining immaculate conception?
- csours 4y agoOr self-cloning? Here's a thought to give you the shivering frights: What if a someone created a self-cloning version of themselves? Humanity could be replaced by a single clone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbled_crayfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbled_crayfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
- numtel 4y agoNo, that's parthenogenesis. We can already do that with mice.
- nsxwolf 4y agoImmaculate Conception is a doctrine pertaining to the conception of Mary, not Jesus. /pedant
- marshray 4y agoMary was conceived immaculately too?
- nsxwolf 4y agoNo, the Immaculate Conception refers to Mary having been conceived without being marked by original sin, not that she didn't have a biological father.
- daenz 4y agoI always understood the word "conceived" or "conception" to apply to the person being born, not the parent. Is this not accurate?
- nsxwolf 4y agoYes, that’s how it’s being applied here, referring to Mary’s own conception. It’s a Catholic doctrine that essentially says God called the Mary constructor with a status override flag of “originalSin = false”, so that she would go on to be a fitting vessel to carry Christ later.
- daenz 4y agoOh, I understand now, thanks. So in theory, if Mary had had multiple children, it would have really messed up the idea of the Trinity (3)
- ben_w 4y agoIt messes up someone's headcannon, that's for sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus
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- evanb 4y agoVarious species exhibit parthenogenesis under (sometimes unusual) circumstances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis No evidence of human parthenogenesis ('virgin birth') is known. The immaculate conception was the conception of _Mary_, who was born without Original Sin (that's what makes it immaculate), in order to be clean enough to carry Jesus aand bear a virgin birth. The whole prior sentence should be sprinkled with 'allegedly' appropriately in every clause.