When God created the earth, he put into place a physical principle of seed-bearing plants whose seeds reproduce that plant. It’s also the principle of reaping what you sow. If I open a zucchini and plant the seeds it contains into the ground, I will get more zucchini plants and annoy my neighbors all summer by trying to pawn off on them a mountain of zucchini. This principle of reproduction also applies to people since the Bible uses the word seed to refer to reproduction in people. Just like heat and water activate seeds, the DNA “seeds” we inherit from our parents can be activated to express certain characteristics present…