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The Messia lineage question


So, we saw The Jesus Child /or however he was referred to/, and he is special in more than one way. But are we to assume that there were lots of lady Messias along the way that were used just for breeding, because I can't figure another way for inbreeding to happen. Otherwise isn't it just regular breeding? I'm a bit confused.

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Humpadoo, that's it!

It's not just a GoT type thing. It's an "all of Europe's royalty". Ah, those rich, privileged idiots lol.

I don't know how I feel about them using the lady Messias in such a way. But that's sexism for ya.

Wouldn't it be great if that Dog turned out to really be God? I don't know what he's doing in that basement, but it certainly is a change of scenery.

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Going by the looks of the ones that were left to roam free, I shudder to think of the state of the ones locked away.

The whole episode was deliciously blasphemous. From Jesus having carnal knowledge of that lady, to the silly theories of the Pope and The Archbishop of Canterbury, and Humpadoo was just the icing on the cake. I only wish they'd put the Orthodox Patriarch, in full regalia, talking nonsense as well. But you can't have everything.

As for Humpadoo, he might be simple, but he _is_ the son, of the son, of the son, of the son, ... of Jesus. He knows things. But Jesse seems to have broken him...

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Well the dog was god... it is explained in season 4...

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In the comics Jesus had several children with his wife, after he is killed in an accident, the organisation took them away and they were interbred one another to keep the holy bloodline pure. Thats why the descendants are mentally handicapped like Humpadoo, the show didnt quite portray it correctly. If the Jesus child and his decendants were to mate with others , its very unlikely their off springs would be retarded.

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If what you say about the comic is correct /which I assume it is, and it also makes more sense/, the show didn't just not portray it correctly, they messed up the whole thing. Because, if the bloodline is to be pure, by straight up killing (Not)Virgin Mary 2.0, Jesus Child #1 needs to have mated with a common woman, thus tainting the bloodline from the get go. Right? Even if they interbred subsequent generations of Jesus Children to result in Humpadoo, that bloodline ain't pure. That's not to mention that Jesus Child #1 isn't exactly pure, since he was birthed by a common mother himself. Also, isn't leaniage passed down through the mother in Jewish tradition anyway? But that's probably irrelevant for the son of The Son of God.

I know, I'm way overthinking this and this is probably not the show for such "analysis". But the mind does wander lol.

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Mary is descended from King David hence the importance placed on her lineage and not Joseph's and yes, Judaism is a matrilineal culture.

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This season is dull and stupid, what does it matter. Another senseless plotline in a season full of them.

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The correct spelling of that word is Messiah. Don't you have spell check?

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