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Permalink Reply by Madhukar Kulkarni on January 27, 2012 at 1:11am

Then again it also says a talking snake told a woman not to eat an apple, so perhaps we shouldn’t pay too much attention to it.

This link is a very good commentary on any idea of god and faith. There are manyfold such contradictions in Bible and you can not believe in them unless you are blinded by faith.

Permalink Reply by Reed Seganski on January 27, 2012 at 6:04am

Thanks! I always try to temper serious discussion with humor. I like to think I give people a laugh, not a tongue lashing.

I'd just never seen anyone question why if God wants people to have children, all God needs are a single egg and a single sperm.

Permalink Reply by dr kellie on January 27, 2012 at 12:52pm

Nice read so far, but one thing I noted was  two sperm + one egg = identical twins.  That would be a genetic impossibility.  Identical twins occur when a zygote splits and forms two embryos.  Thus, monozygotic twins are identical, and dizygotic twins are fraternal.

Permalink Reply by Reed Seganski on January 27, 2012 at 1:05pm

Ah. Shouldn't always trust Google, I guess. Thanks for pointing that out.

I updated corrected information.

Permalink Reply by Reed Seganski on February 1, 2012 at 2:40pm

I know this doesn't correct the segment of the article in any substantial way, but I thought you might enjoy this, dr kellie.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1603799,00.html

Apparently it can happen but is extremely rare that two sperm fertilize a single egg.

Permalink Reply by dr kellie on February 1, 2012 at 5:10pm

Very cool, and very complicated.  Thanks.