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In that moment, reading those passages, I understood completely how some of the Lackses could believe, without doubt, that Henrietta had been chosen by the Lord to become an immortal being. If you believe the Bible is the literal truth, the immortality of Henrietta's cells makes perfect sense. (296)
When cousin Gary shows Skloot some biblical passages that speak of the resurrection of the body promised by Jesus, she finally gets it: the Lacks family has a totally different social and spiritual context for understanding what happened to Henrietta at Hopkins. This moment of clarity is crucial for Skloot as she interacts with the family and tries to make sense of what they went through in the decades since they lost Henrietta.