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Will_Newsome comments on Best shot at immortality? - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: tomme 22 March 2012 10:29AM

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 22 March 2012 10:02:20PM 1 point [-]

You know, I always wondered about the semantics of "virgin Mary". 'Cuz according to Jews rape doesn't count, right? And a bunch of Roman soldiers were there around that time. And metaphysically speaking there's nothing stopping the "Holy Spirit" taking the form of a Roman soldier...

Water into wine isn't hard if you have a potent cannabis tincture. The resurrection, though... that seems hard to do without real magick.

Comment author: gwern 23 March 2012 01:20:09AM 0 points [-]

Are you thinking of the old Jewish slander about a centurion knocking up Mary?