Editor’s Note on The Virgin Birth
The article “The Virgin Birth” (previous issue) drew a number of comments. To address a concern about Mary contributing faulty genetic material, the article suggested both sperm and egg were from heaven, transplanted together into Mary’s womb. However others observed that dominant genes from one parent can supersede recessive genes from another, and suppose by some such means Mary might have supplied the egg without tainting the transferred life, giving greater force to the selection of Mary’s genealogy. In any case the matter was a miracle, and Jesus was born wholly human.