Interesting article, aside from all that anti-Christian remarks and snide comments deriding "superstitious religious people" and "backwards gullible peasants."
Christ’s foreskin and umbilical cord
(which He evidently left behind when He ascended bodily to heaven) were
reverently stored under oil
... Its obvious the author is an idiot, because he has never taken the time to read any history on this matter, let alone think in a quiet room for a few seconds. #1 The Holy Prepuce was removed at the Presentation of Our Lord when He was a child. #2 Why would Jesus still have His umbilical cord attached when He rose to heaven, as a fully formed adult?
When he started on about Catholicism I said to myself, "Oh great here we go." I was prepared for the digs, but I think he was pretty mild, considering his pedigree.
If there are relics of Jesus's flesh would it be sacrilegious to carry out DNA testing on them?
I agree.. it was pretty mild compared to other deprecating pieces on relics and Catholic-related topics.
Its not sacriligious to do DNA testing, I guess. Didn't they do that to the blood on the Shroud of Torin, and to miraculous hosts from the 17th century that turned in His Blood? It was found that Christ was type AB, and confirmed through all the samples found in these various relics. Yet that is no true DNA testing, but DNA typing. Not sure what good DNA testing would do, since we have no source DNA from His body to compare it with nor any intent to prove He existed bodily, which He confirmed did.
Wow, I was rambling.