Shark has 'virgin birth' in chicago aquarium

NxNW said:

Instead of mating, a zebra shark used her own genetic material to fertilize...

One hesitates to speculate on the theological implications.

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Hmm, would it seem possible for God to miraculously do this with Mary?

Jonaitis said:

Hmm, would it seem possible for God to miraculously do this with Mary?

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The problem with that is Mary's DNA is all female, XX, while Jesus had XY. The Y could not come from Mary.

NxNW said:

One hesitates to speculate on the theological implications.

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There probably aren't any tbh...

While there are a lot of people who try to find naturalistic explanations for why certain things in the bible "could've happened, and this could be the explanation for why they thought that" in order to debate either for or against Christianity on certain matters of apologetics pertaining to the concept of miracles, I think that's probably overthinking it a bit.

And also counterproductive from a theological standpoint. If the premise of a specific religion is faith and a belief in supernatural occurrences, finding a naturalistic explanation for something that could've happened is unlikely to convince anyone in either direction.

Not to mention, comparing different species is always a bit of a stretch.

Sharks having the ability to fertilize themselves with their own genetic material has no more relevance to the virgin birth story, than this animal has to the everlasting life story, or penguins do to the religious beliefs about monogamy.