[dangus]

I just realized it HAS been contradicted by the shroud. the shroud has a blood phenotype of AB. A self-fertilized ova (which is how the virginal births occur) would be either O, A or B but to have both A and B would mean that he recieved a chromosome with a genotype of A from one parent, and B from the other.

Thus raising an interesting issue: If the shroud is authentic, it means that Jesus either
A. received a genotype as a distinct act of *physical* creation,
or,
B. recieved TWO sets of chromosomes from Mary.

Come to think of it, that issue is raised even if the Shroud is NOT authentic, simply by our knowledge of genotype.

[HiTech RedNeck]

A. received a genotype as a distinct act of *physical* creation,

This sounds like the case. That would have to be for Jesus to be a He and not a She.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Not to mention a Y chromosome.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

You also forget that the Shroud has been contamintad by others DNA for DECADES. Sorry.. but there is no way that the Shroud can be DNA matched.

Never.

Too many people have touched and handled the Shroud for hundreds of years.