“What was Jesus’ DNA?” That’s a question my Wake Forest University colleague, physics professor Jed Macosko, says someone once asked him. Macosko mentioned it while concluding a superb lecture on DNA, Darwinism and evolution offered in the School of Divinity as part of a new grant to promote dialogue between science and religion.
His presentation included animations depicting cell formation and function — visual replications of the organisms that appear to move in amazing symmetry within us, even locking out harmful organic “enemies” sustaining themselves by infecting us. While confessing my science-related awe and ignorance, the unanswered question about Jesus’ DNA captivates me, deepening with the Advent season.
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