Was Jesus a man? Think about this for a moment. Jesus was allegedly conceived after the Holy Ghost impregnated a teen girl named Mary. It’s hard not to conclude that the Holy Ghost raped Mary, impregnating her without consent. Even if you disagree with this line of thinking, one thing is clear: Jesus didn’t have male DNA. One could argue that the Holy Ghost supernaturally fertilized Mary’s egg with male DNA, but many theologians claim that sin is passed on through the male seed, and Jesus was without sin, so no male DNA. This means, of course, that Jesus was not a man.
One could bizarrely argue that the Holy Ghost is male and he had sex with Mary, impregnating her. However, this means the Holy Ghost had sex with Jesus’ mother. Yuck. The third part of the Trinity had sex with the mother of the second part of the Trinity, and the first part of the Trinity, the Father approved. Talk about a sordid story.
The true story is much simpler. Joseph had sex with Mary before marriage. Nine months later, Jesus was born with the DNA of both his father and mother. First and second-century Christians would later debate the parental lineage of Jesus, eventually cooking up the Trinity and virgin birth. Not all Christians agreed, but they were labeled Gnostics or heretics — enemies of “True Christianity.”
Was Jesus a man? Please share your thoughts in the comment section.
Bruce Gerencser, 68, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 47 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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