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Is this a basis for explaining immaculate conception?

Or self-cloning? Here's a thought to give you the shivering frights: What if a someone created a self-cloning version of themselves? Humanity could be replaced by a single clone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbled_crayfish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis

Not in the land of the 2nd Amendment it won't.

Haha, I was just kidding. I'm still alive and perfectly fine. I haven't been kidnapped by aaarrggghhhhhhh

Is this someone’s name Agent Smith?

Immaculate Conception is a doctrine pertaining to the conception of Mary, not Jesus. /pedant

Mary was conceived immaculately too?

No, the Immaculate Conception refers to Mary having been conceived without being marked by original sin, not that she didn't have a biological father.

I always understood the word "conceived" or "conception" to apply to the person being born, not the parent. Is this not accurate?

Yes, that’s how it’s being applied here, referring to Mary’s own conception. It’s a Catholic doctrine that essentially says God called the Mary constructor with a status override flag of “originalSin = false”, so that she would go on to be a fitting vessel to carry Christ later.

Oh, I understand now, thanks. So in theory, if Mary had had multiple children, it would have really messed up the idea of the Trinity (3)

It messes up someone's headcannon, that's for sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus

Various species exhibit parthenogenesis under (sometimes unusual) circumstances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis

No evidence of human parthenogenesis ('virgin birth') is known.

The immaculate conception was the conception of _Mary_, who was born without Original Sin (that's what makes it immaculate), in order to be clean enough to carry Jesus aand bear a virgin birth. The whole prior sentence should be sprinkled with 'allegedly' appropriately in every clause.

No, that's parthenogenesis. We can already do that with mice.

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