[dangus]

>> I'm no reproductive therapas but the sperm that issues forth from the man is alive. The woman's egg, to my knowledge is not.<<

Don't know where you ever got that from. The egg is very much alive. In fact, unlike sperm, an egg can be induced into forming a whole, new, adult life form. (This harder in actual practice.)

>> Oh, really! I think this verse illustrates Total Depravity.<<

Hmm? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts..." This statement is a biblical reminder that even evil (unsaved) parents still provide those good things which are necessary for their children. You do not need the spiritual enlightenment of salvation in order to feed your child, care for it, teach it basic skills. All these things are good things, and parents know how to provide these good things for their children. They are insufficient for salvation, but they still are beneficial towards salvation.

The care that even unredeemed parents provide their children functions as a prevening grace, which is given by God through them so as to prepare a child for further grace.

[HarleyD]

Just a slight correction:

Hmm? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts..." This statement is a biblical reminder that even evil (unsaved) (totally depraved) parents still provide those good things which are necessary for their children. ;O)