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Continuing in our successful set of offers of directly
benefiting from one's DNA
Dozens, probably hundreds if not thousands of Christian
relics are in various churches around the globe.
Many are directly associated to major religious figures,
including St. Peter, and Jesus himself (the tip
of the spear,
etc).
Entire books and Hollywood movies have been made
suggesting that the Holy Grail is in fact the bloodline of
Jesus -- without passing any judgement on the validity of
such arguments, it would stand to reason that should such
relics be subjected to DNA testing, one could discover
contemporary descendants of any number of actual historic
figures, making the search for christs, anti-christs, and
various other angels and demons that much easier.
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//the search for christs, anti-christs, and various other angels and demons // |
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<Rummages in ready-use ammunition box/> |
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<Extracts metaphorical grenade, pulls pin, throws/> |
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Now, if Mary's pregnancy were truly a "virgin birth" then Jesus must have been the result of parthenogenesis. That would imply that "he" was actually female, as in species using thr XY system of gender determination he could only have been XX, and effectively a clone of his mother - unless of course she was XXY and the ovum was somehow XY. |
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Which is unlikely, but not impossible. |
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Interestingly, some species of reptile can reproduce by parthenogenesis, and produce both male and female offspring. This would suggest that, if Jesus was essentially reptilian, the British Royal family (who are well known for being lizards) are quite possibly descendants of the Divine bloodline, making Charles I's assertion that he was "chosen by God" a great deal more credible. |
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<Points out that it's the grenade part, not the pin part, that you're meant to
throw.> |
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I know there was a call to DNA test the Turin Shroud, but I don't know if they
ever did - I would imagine not. I think the Pope (or whoever officially owns
it) allowed a tiny fragment to be radiocarbon dated, and I imagine the results
put them off allowing a DNA test. |
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As a vaguely-related aside, there was a legend that a Viking was flayed alive
and had his skin nailed to the door of Hadstock church. This was assumed to
be merely a legend, until the door had to be renovated and they removed the
iron nails and braces, and found large pieces of human skin under them.
Whether they DNA tested it or not, I don't know. |
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As for Jesus, she could have been XO, which means she would have had
Turner's Syndrome, leading to lack of development of many secondary sexual
characteristics such as boobs (which Jesus is traditionally depicted as
lacking). It's theoretically possible for an oocyte to fail to undergo either
mitosis or meiosis properly, leaving it with a full diploid set of chromosomes
(normally 46,XX although it could be 46,XO). It won't normally start
development unless it gets penetrated by a sperm, but the sperm can fail to
contribute its genetic material. So, as we sequence more and more genomes,
my bet is that we will eventually find someone who is a clone of their mother. |
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//making Charles I's assertion that he was "chosen by God" |
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Just goes to show god has a sense of humour. |
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