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I am so sorry. I got held up on a call. It was a nightmare.

How you doing?

Do you know any of these people?

I feel like everyone's staring at me.

There's no one staring at you.

Marie, there's nothing to be nervous about, okay?

There's no one better than Dr. Cowan if you said that yourself.

It's not that.

It's...

Same old thing again?

How can... How can having a baby be going against God's will?

That... If God wanted us to have a child, wouldn't we be able to do it

all this? We can have a child.

We just... We're just getting a little help, that's all.

In vitro fertilization feels like more than just a little help.

I just hope we're doing the right thing. The right thing.

is to be fruitful and multiply. We are doing the right thing.

And you are going to be such a good mom.

Justin and Marie, well?

You're doing great, Marie.

I need you to relax just a bit more here.

All right.

Now take a deep breath.

Good.

Okay, the speculum is in place, and now we need the embryo catheter, please.

Okay, now I'm going to gently insert the catheter into the cervix and deposit

the embryo.

And hopefully, you'll find a nice place to settle down.

Hey, you think it's a boy?

Or she.

He or she.

You're doing just great, Annie.

In about ten days, we'll do a beta HCG.

And if that's positive, we'll wait a few weeks and then we'll take an ultrasound

and try to find a fetal heartbeat.

And if we find one, we'll consider you officially pregnant.

And guess what?

We're done.

That's it?

That's it.

Now, I need you to lie still for a few minutes. I'm just going to go and check

just to make sure that the embryo is out of the catheter. Dr. Kellex.

What do you think?

She's an excellent candidate to carry full term, if the embryo takes.

Don't worry.

He'll be a perfect man.

It truly is a miracle.

After 2 ,000 years, we'll only have to wait another nine months.

Nine short months.

before he will once again walk the earth.

We are now controlling the transmission.

We control the horizontal and the vertical.

We can deluge you with a thousand channels or expand one single image to

clarity and beyond.

We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive.

For the next hour, We will control all that you see and hear.

You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest

inner mind to the outer limit.

Man's empirical pursuit of science has often been at odds with his need for

religious faith.

But what happens when these two beliefs collide?

I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness.

John tells us that is what Jesus said.

God wants us to follow him.

Is that so hard?

Well, for some it is.

You know the kind? If they can't see it, touch it, taste it, it doesn't exist.

I understand the difficulty the rational mind has in absorbing the miracles of

religion. I do.

And that's why Thomas Tilford is in the business of shepherding those wayward

sheep back into the flock.

I don't wear a bad hairpiece, and I don't dress in sparkly jackets

to get their attention.

I don't deal in superstition or desperation or despair.

I don't ask for any giant leaps of faith.

I say, go ahead.

Believe only in what you can see and taste and touch.

I let scientific fact do my preaching. I let scientific fact address the

rational mind. And that, my friends, is guaranteed to make a believer out of a

non -believer any day of the week. That's what I deal in.

Ideal and real!

As I said at the top of the program, today is an historic day.

I do not stand here of my own will.

God has brought me and all of you here together for a very special revelation.

Today's sermon has been all about proof.

Well, my friends, I have something to show you.

Ladies and gentlemen, I intend to offer up now to the faithful and the

faithless alike that Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2

,000 years ago.

And here is where I got that proof.

The Shroud of Turin.

At long last, we have empirical evidence that this is not a fake.

Early dating placed the origin of the shroud around 1260 A .D. But a

varnish was found on the fibers.

That varnish, when stripped off, revealed that the shroud is, in fact,

,000 years old.

We have extracted actual DNA from deep within its holy fibers.

And we will prove that this DNA belongs to the Son of God!

In the coming weeks, the crowd must be returned to its caretakers after being

loan to us for nearly two years.

But I couldn't let it go back without sharing this exciting news with all of

you.

God willing,

and with your continued prayers and contributions.

The Thomas Tilford Institute will continue to do his work.

Bless you.

See you next time.

Honey,

you okay?

Is it the baby?

Well, if it's not labor, then what is it?

Tell me what's wrong. Is the baby okay? Marie, just lie still.

Please, don't let anything happen, Dr. Kellings. Please.

We're so close. It's going to be all right.

Why can't you just tell me what it is? BP 170 over 115, pulse 130.

What are they doing?

What are you going to do? Marie, I need you to calm down. Calm down. There's

something wrong with the baby. Marie, do you trust me?

Yes. I need you to listen to me.

The Lord is watching over you. Let him work through me.

God will guide you and protect you through this. As he always has, as he

will. He loves you and your baby.

He loves you and your baby.

God won't let anything happen to you.

God won't let anything happen to you.

Every step of the way, there's been problems.

We'll get through it.

It'll be fine.

Well, we don't know what caused the cramping, but we do know that it didn't

affect the baby.

Thank God.

Now, I want you to take it easy for the next few days.

She will, believe me.

Good. Could I talk to you, Justin? It'll just take a minute.

Sure. I'll be right back.

I'll tell you what's going on when you get back.

No, he won't.

He doesn't want me to worry.

You're supposed to be taking it easy.

I want you to go home, get some rest, and stop worrying.

I told you nothing is wrong.

Hello? Marie?

There you are.

Sorry I'm late.

I had to go back to the office. Budget things couldn't wait.

Honey?

They said I'm sorry.

You've been crying.

What's the matter?

The baby's...

I saw the blood type on the report today.

I'm A negative.

You're O positive. The baby's AB negative.

It can't be ours.

I looked it up.

How can they make this kind of mistake?

It's our baby.

Or they won't let us keep this baby.

Or they'll take this baby away because it's not ours.

We have to call Dr. Callings and find out what's going on.

We have to get a lawyer.

We need to know our rights. No, no.

I don't think that we should do that.

Did you hear what I just said?

The baby's not ours. The baby's ours.

Baby. It's ours, it's just... It's not mine.

Biologically.

What are you talking about?

You know.

You know how much we both wanted this baby.

What are you saying?

When I was tested, I found out that I couldn't father it.

Child, I... in veto or otherwise.

Then who's the father?

Does it matter?

Does it matter?

Yes. Does it matter?

I'm gonna love this baby no matter what.

I'm gonna be sick.

Marie. I can't even look at you. Marie, stay where you are. How could you do

this?

How could you do this to us? Be quiet. The neighbors will think that I'm...

What?

What, that you're a lousy person?

That you practically allowed them to rape me?

Stop it!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Well, I'm not going anywhere until I find out what happened.

Not your child. What do you care?

Marie, please.

What? Please what?

I hope I'm not intruding. Dr. Tilford.

Justin.

Marie.

Reverend, it's nice to meet you.

I understand you've been having a time of it. I was in the building. I thought

I'd come down and say hello.

I understand you want to leave.

Yes. I'd like you to stay.

The Thomas Tilford fertility program is just getting off the ground. I'd hate to

see it marred by anything untoward.

At least you'll let Dr. Cowlings finish her exam, won't you?

Honey, Dr.

Tilford was kind enough to come down and offer us his blessing.

At least you could do his stay.

I'm sorry.

Marie. Marie.

I think it's time you knew everything there is to know about the child you're

carrying.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you will stop working for just a moment, I'd like to

formally introduce to you Marie Wells.

Dr. Tilford. All right. I think it's time Marie understands the incredible

miracle the birth of her child represents.

I understand the miracle, Reverend.

I know IVF is... No, you don't understand.

I'm not talking about IVF. I'm talking about a true miracle.

Most of us go through life not knowing what role we're intended to play in

grand scheme. But you, Marie, God has smiled on you and on me.

You are part of an incredible project designed to fulfill a prophecy.

That prophecy is the second coming.

I don't... I don't understand. The child you carry belongs to the world.

The child you carry is the son of God.

What are you talking about?

That's ridiculous.

These vials are holy.

They contain strands of DNA taken from the Shroud of Turin.

Christ's DNA.

What is this?

Try to understand, Marie.

This is the actual strand we used. We removed the nucleus from one of your

and replaced it with DNA from the shroud.

It's all part of the plan.

And in partnership with you and Justin, this plan will come to fruition.

This, Marie.

This is the child you carry.

I don't believe you.

You... You would have told me.

You wouldn't have just done this to me. You would have let me choose whether or

not to do something like this.

Wouldn't you?

Justin?

You don't choose God.

God chooses you.

You have been blessed, Marie.

I don't believe you.

What's all this?

Come and sit down, my dear.

I'm afraid I don't recognize you.

Have you been here before?

No.

I'm not Catholic.

Is there something you'd like to talk about?

If I can be a mother to this child.

Do you love this baby?

Isn't that all that matters?

If it helps you, feelings of inadequacy are not uncommon for new mothers.

Is that what this is all about?

You don't feel worthy of this child?

When I was growing up,

I watched my dad.

Watched him control my mom, bear her self -esteem.

I thought, I'll never let that happen to me.

When I get married, things will be different.

But I was fooling myself.

My husband did the same thing to me, only more artfully. He made all the

decisions, but let me think I actually had a say in them.

After being lied to by my father and my husband, I find myself being lied to by

my faith.

I wonder if the church, with authority I've never questioned,

is there to serve God's purpose or its own.

So, do I feel...

Worthy of this child?

No, I don't.

He should have a mother with a little more strength of character.

Don't you think?

It seems to me that you have tremendous character.

And I believe that you will find yourself the most deserving mother a

could ever have.

How can you be so sure?

As you have faith in him, I have faith in you.

She's just leaving now.

I'll keep an eye on her.

Show me.

It's right in there.

We found it late last night, and I've been watching it closely ever since, but

it's probably been developing for weeks, possibly months.

Months? How did you let this get by you, Gail? We were out of phase one. We had

stopped monitoring genetic material. We were monitoring fetal development.

Can you tell if this is a naturally occurring anomaly, or was it brought on

something we did? It looks like a natural occurrence, but that opens up

can of worms.

We did run it through our database to see if we had anything like it on

And?

We found a match.

We ran a study several years ago on a man who claimed to have telekinetic

abilities. He possessed an almost identical genetic deviation, although to

much lesser extent.

What are you suggesting?

What if the person we cloned, the person whose DNA was on that shroud, is just a

man? What if he possessed that one in ten billion chance genetic anomaly that

gave him telekinetic abilities?

And what if those abilities...

In ancient times, they were misinterpreted, and people were led to

he was the son of God. This is the son of God! Why?

Because you say it is? You've engineered this birth practically from day one,

right down to the time of year that he was born. For your information, December

the 25th is an arbitrary holiday based on a lie.

A birth at any other time of year would kind of take the flair out of things,

don't you think?

This is nothing short of a miracle.

Are you saying...

that an unborn child without consciousness but with telekinetic

making those stuffed animals fly around the room? Or do you believe that Marie

is somehow causing these events? No, but I do believe there could be a

connection. What if Marie's emotional reactions are the input and the child's

involuntary responses are the output? That's your explanation?

Whatever the explanation, if this mutation continues to evolve, moving

around the room will only be a beginning. Well, now you're proving my

Gail.

Christ performed miracles of escalating proportion as he got older. This makes

sense. This is an interpretation.

Said the agnostic.

Is it that you doubt? Is that why you have to prove everything? God knows,

you were not brought on board for your beliefs.

Or lack thereof. But even you must be moved by the discoveries that we've made

here. I am. It's an incredible scientific discovery. But I think Marie

know. I don't believe it's the Son of God. It's not your decision.

You should not be quarreling with your wife.

I don't know if she's going to forgive me.

Maybe she's better off without me. Absolutely not.

Mary was not a single mother, Justin.

What does that mean?

Understand me.

I'm not going to let anything, anything compromise this blessed

event.

Whether you like it or not, Justin, you are, for all intents and purposes, the

Joseph figure in all this.

Joseph?

But if I'm Joseph, who does that make you?

Go make up with your wife.

I think I will.

Justin?

Watch your tone with me

Hi

Hi

Can we can we talk

It's freezing out here.

What could you possibly have to say to me that you couldn't say inside?

It's bugged.

What? Our house.

It's bugged.

Cameras, microphones.

I found one in the kitchen a few weeks ago.

I knew Tilford wouldn't let us out of his sight.

I didn't say anything because... Marie, because I was blinded.

I know I don't deserve it.

I know. But I want your trust again.

I want you to give me another chance.

It's not that easy.

Nothing, nothing can make up for what I did. I know that.

I believed I was helping to do God's work.

I got swept up in the hole.

You don't even know what's going on until you take a step back.

Tilford believed that God is working through him, and I thought that too. I

afraid to think for myself.

But now I see Tilford is moving away from God, away from God.

And he has been for some time. And I don't want to follow him down that path

anymore.

I know you can't forgive me.

I just want you to understand why I did what I did.

I still love you.

You okay?

Okay, we're going to get you over to county.

We're going to get this checked out. I think we'd be better off with Dr.

Callings. No, absolutely not. I have a vested interest in this baby, Justin.

He deserves the best care I can get for him.

Dr. Callings is it. I don't want you anywhere near those people.

Justin, if we're going to be together, you're going to have to stop making

decisions for me.

It could have been false labor, but I would like to run some more tests with

your permission.

Welcome back.

I just wanted to stop by and bury the hatchet.

This should be a time of rejoicing, not of strife.

If there's anything I can do. I want you to leave.

I know about the surveillance, the lies.

I know everything.

What makes you think I won't go to the police?

The police?

You don't understand this.

This has nothing to do with the laws of man.

You don't have a clue, do you, about what you've done, what you're doing?

Marie, open your eyes.

Look out there.

Children are killing children.

Infidelity, divorce, immoral lifestyles are rampant.

Never have we needed God more than now. It's not your plate. Why don't we find

out what caused her pain, and then we can debate this all night if you like.

Marie, you're doing so much better than the others.

Others?

How many people have you... I've done this, too.

We have refined the process.

This baby is perfect, isn't he?

There's your answer, Marie.

Wait, Justin, think of her. Think of the baby.

I am.

That's exactly who I'm thinking of. No, wait. You mustn't leave. Please, you

mustn't leave. Dr. Tilford! Go with me! Dr. Tilford!

Please wait here.

You okay?

Still a little dizzy.

Justin, Marie.

I need for us to come together.

The devil has gained momentary ingress.

I felt his presence in that room for the sake of the baby.

We have to put aside our differences. I have trouble believing you'd do anything

for the sake of the baby.

That's where you are wrong, Marie.

Everything I do is for him.

What's that?

It's a teaching tool.

Miraculous as cloning is, it reproduces the body only. He will need to be

instilled with all that he was to fully become who he is.

And, of course, he will rise to take his place among the peoples of the world.

And then he will rule from on high, and everything will change.

Everything. And what will our role be in all this?

The same role you were always going to play.

You're his parents.

What did you have in mind, weekend visit?

What if our child doesn't want to be your puppet and rule from on high?

What if he wants to slip quietly into the background and have nothing to do

Thomas Hilford and his institution? That is not God's plan. Even you can see

that. I'll tell you what I see.

You want to raise this child.

Influence him, manipulate him, and stand at his right hand when he grows up.

You want to create God in your own image, Reverend Telford.

And there could not be a more unholy act than that.

Say that they return to their room.

Have you thought about what's going to happen to us after the baby's born?

Tilford knows we're not going to keep quiet about this.

He's probably going to stand by Mary's and Joseph's waiting to take our place.

If anything happens to us, there'll be no one but him to take care of the baby.

We can't let that happen.

Would you get me a wet cloth, please?

Thank you.

It's locked!

How far apart?

Five or six minutes.

Not yet, but it can't be that far ahead.

What do you have to do?

Find them.

wise men.

about three miles north of Anderson.

You saw the face of God. He's not God.

Let me talk to them. I'll convince them.

Leave him alone.

Let me go.

I have to see him.

I have to see the son of God. They don't need you and they don't want you.

He is who he is.

Not who you want him to be.

Books need a ride?

Yes, please. Thank you.

In man's unending pursuit of salvation, the distractions of his science or his

religion may be the very thing keeping him.

From his creator.