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The Genetics of Jesus

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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 ?
 
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 ?

Guarantee you one thing it wouldn't reveal: WHITENESS.
 
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 ?

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.
 
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.

Did you miss the 'If' ? It certainly appears to be the case, Correct ?
 
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 ?

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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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 ?


Probably the same DNA that Adam had.
 
Did you miss the 'If' ? It certainly appears to be the case, Correct ?

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.
 
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 ?

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.
 
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.

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...



The blood of Jesus: A team of research scientists in Tel Aviv did a genetic analysis from a blood sample widely believed to have belonged to Jesus, concluding that Jesus’ biological father was ‘non-human’. The blood sample was discovered on the archeological dig of Ron Watt and his team. Upon completion of their analysis, the lab technicians asked Ron whose blood he had submitted for study, and he replied, "this is the blood of your Messiah". The scientists involved purportedly converted to Christianity as a result of their findings.

When scientists tested the dried, two-thousand-year-old "dead" blood, to their shock, they were able to analyze its chromosomes—which is only possible with living blood. Having 24 distinct chromosomes or 22 autosomes (mother's are duplicated) in addition to 2 (XY) chromosomes, the 22 autosomes of the mother are equal to the corresponding 22 autosomes of the father (one to one) and the X chromosome of the mother (XX) plus the "Y" sex chromosome given by father being (XY).

In total, 2 of His mother's autosomal chromosomes duplicated times 22, plus 1 (X) chromosome + 1 (Y) chromosome = 23 homologous pairs of chromosomes. Thus, His (Heavenly) Father's (Y) male chromosome determined only Jesus’ maleness, while His physical characteristics would have been determined solely by His Mother.

Human cells normally have 46 chromosomes. These are actually 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes. In each pair of chromosomes, one of the pair is from the mother and the other member is from the father. Therefore, 23 chromosomes come from the mother and 23 from the father. In each set of 23, 22 chromosomes are autosomal and one is sex-determining. The sex-determining ones are the X chromosome and the Y chromosome. Females are XX, so they can only contribute an X chromosome to their offspring, whereas males are XY, which allows them to contribute either an X or a Y. If they contribute an X, the child is female, whereas if they contribute a Y, the child is male. The fascinating finding in this blood was that instead of 46 chromosomes, there were only 24. There were 22 autosomal chromosomes, one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. This evidences that the person to whom this blood belonged to had a mother but no human father, because the normal contribution of paternal chromosomes is missing.

The DNA of Jesus is 96% from Mary rather than 50% from Mary as would be normal. So, theoretically, the Holy Spirit had to have inseminated a virginal Mary with the "Y" chromosome of the non-human God of Abraham.

This scientific discovery should have made international front page news, but was largely blacked out by the corporate news media, but was quietly but excitedly reported on by Christian news networks.
 
Not that I believe this is actually the blood of Jesus...:2razz:...nor does it matter to me one way or the other...



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