Um, I agree. So where does that put us?
I'm not certain about the father's semen part, although that's an intringuing possibility. But would it mean that a child begotten by some method other than a father's semen would not have original sin?
I'm referring to cloning. and also to the theoretical possibility of human parthenogenesis or using female stem cells to fertilize eggs instead of male semen. So far just a lesbian fantasy, but supposedly this is just around the corner.
BTW the Catholic Church would say all such artificial human reproduction is immoral in any case, but, rathe dreadfully, it doesn't look like we can stop it.
Where's that overweening political power of the Catholic Church when you really need it? (Kinda joking, kinda not.)
Do you adore Mary?
Yea, Not only cloning but they have figured a way to join two womens eggs and get a female embryo.
I am sure none of this is a surprise to God, so I guess we have to trust Him to handle it :)
Jesus came to this earth to walk with sinful men, He got his feet dirty and ate with tax collectors. The womb of Mary was a part of the human condition that He was entering.
I love Mary, she was a wonderful role model. My daughters both have a title of Mary in their names. But she was not ever God. She was a human woman with the same needs and desires that we all share.That was what made her “yes” so meaningful :)