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The Genetics of Jesus

Logician Man

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If it were possible to get a DNA sample from Jesus while he was on earth before his alleged crucifixion, what would that DNA sample reveal about the paternal donor, if anything ?
 
Logician Man said:
If it were possible to get a DNA sample from Jesus while he was on earth before his alleged crucifixion, what would that DNA sample reveal about the paternal donor, if anything ?
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Guarantee you one thing it wouldn't reveal: WHITENESS.
 
Logician Man said:
If it were possible to get a DNA sample from Jesus while he was on earth before his alleged crucifixion, what would that DNA sample reveal about the paternal donor, if anything ?
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You can't get that sample, first of all. And if you could get it, nothing would be revealed. Almost nothing is understood about DNA. And DNA is only a small part of how living things work, which is also barely understood.
 
Good4Nothin said:
You can't get that sample, first of all. And if you could get it, nothing would be revealed. Almost nothing is understood about DNA. And DNA is only a small part of how living things work, which is also barely understood.
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Did you miss the 'If' ? It certainly appears to be the case, Correct ?
 
Logician Man said:
If it were possible to get a DNA sample from Jesus while he was on earth before his alleged crucifixion, what would that DNA sample reveal about the paternal donor, if anything ?
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But it's not possible, so why speculate? If you're a Christian and believe that Jesus was crucified and then was resurrected, there is no DNA to study. But never mind that since you aren't. In an article discussing bones which might be John the Baptist's or the disciple James's, the author observes:

For a start, no DNA test can prove that these were bits of John the Baptist, Jesus or any other specific person. We can’t extract and analyse an unknown DNA sample and magically say that it belonged to this or that historical character. To do that, we’d need to have a DNA sample that unambiguously came from John the Baptist that we could compare the bones to. So sequencing DNA in itself is not going to be too helpful.

Another major consideration is the risk of contamination.

...While DNA analysis can’t prove that these are the artefacts some believe them to be, the hope is that these and other items could one day provide insight into the relationships between them and their modern descendants. Let’s assume for a moment that contamination could be completely ruled out and that DNA analysis demonstrated that DNA from the Shroud was a familial match to DNA from the James Ossuary – and that they are both related to the Bulgarian bones. Could this then have been the DNA of Jesus and his family? To answer that, all you need is a little belief. Can we ever find Jesus's DNA? I met the scientists who are trying to find out
 
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Logician Man said:
If it were possible to get a DNA sample from Jesus while he was on earth before his alleged crucifixion, what would that DNA sample reveal about the paternal donor, if anything ?
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Probably the same DNA that Adam had.
 
Logician Man said:
Did you miss the 'If' ? It certainly appears to be the case, Correct ?
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No I didn't miss the "if." And I explained why it wouldn't tell you much if you got it anyway. It would say who he was related to, if you got the DNA from everyone else in his society. It would tell you nothing whatsoever about his personality.

And no, Yahweh was not his biological father, if that is what you were thinking.
 
Logician Man said:
If it were possible to get a DNA sample from Jesus while he was on earth before his alleged crucifixion, what would that DNA sample reveal about the paternal donor, if anything ?
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It would be Joseph's neighbor, Simon. The whole "holy spirit" thing was a clever ruse by Mary to explain being knocked up before having sex with Joseph.
 
Airyaman said:
It would be Joseph's neighbor, Simon. The whole "holy spirit" thing was a clever ruse by Mary to explain being knocked up before having sex with Joseph.
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Or, more reasonably, since the story did not get written down until over 65 years or more since the birth of Jesus, it is just something that the gospel writer made up to make the birth of Jesus miraculous. That was a common tradition for people who were thought to be important at the time. It's a shame that the event, as written down, is precisely the kind of thing that would disqualify the child from being the Messiah in the Jewish tradition.
 
Not that I believe this is actually the blood of Jesus...:2razz:...nor does it matter to me one way or the other...


 
Elvira said:
Not that I believe this is actually the blood of Jesus...:2razz:...nor does it matter to me one way or the other...

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Somehow, this seems like 'fake news' to me.
 
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