However, according to myth, the guy did make Mary pregnant....
Even the Myth does not claim that the god made MARY pregnant SEXUALLY
and in fact - genetically - this part of the story cannot be true.
And of the many things that are comical in the bible - this particular VIRIGN conception is one of them
First - if you know the time period - the common perception was that the FATHER supplied a "SEED" (Not a sperm - but the whole basis for the being) - and the woman was simply the dirt the seed was planted in - and was not actually related to the child. THAT is why ancient bloodlines ONLY go through the father.
We NOW know that is not true - and it is the real reproductive method of humans that exposes this for nonsense.
IF a god did exist - we have to assume the god IS NOT A HUMAN BEING - something even theists have NO problem admitting. Genetics shows us that to produce a human male child - one needs a HUMAN MALE sperm - and a "Y" human chromosome - neither of which would be present in a NON-human. While it can be claimed that an ALMIGHTY god can whip up such a male human chromosome - it still would NOT BE from itself - it is not human.
Worse - when two different species procreate - they do not produce either one - but an intermediate species. So - if the god actually impregnated Mary - the result would be like that of a Horse and a Donkey producing a mule - and the result would be female - as well as infertile.
Even the Myth does not claim that the god made MARY pregnant SEXUALLY
and in fact - genetically - this part of the story cannot be true.
And of the many things that are comical in the bible - this particular VIRIGN conception is one of them
First - if you know the time period - the common perception was that the FATHER supplied a "SEED" (Not a sperm - but the whole basis for the being) - and the woman was simply the dirt the seed was planted in - and was not actually related to the child. THAT is why ancient bloodlines ONLY go through the father.
We NOW know that is not true - and it is the real reproductive method of humans that exposes this for nonsense.
IF a god did exist - we have to assume the god IS NOT A HUMAN BEING - something even theists have NO problem admitting. Genetics shows us that to produce a human male child - one needs a HUMAN MALE sperm - and a "Y" human chromosome - neither of which would be present in a NON-human. While it can be claimed that an ALMIGHTY god can whip up such a male human chromosome - it still would NOT BE from itself - it is not human.
Worse - when two different species procreate - they do not produce either one - but an intermediate species. So - if the god actually impregnated Mary - the result would be like that of a Horse and a Donkey producing a mule - and the result would be female - as well as infertile.