Repeat after me: "that is not my circus and those are not my monkeys".

If the guy can’t figure out that the baby is not his, I don’t think anything you say will help him.

Plus, if this IS one of those virginal birth miracle things, I’d hate to be on the wrong side of Jesus 2 Electic Boogaloo.

Sometimes ignorance is willful. This appears to me to be one of those times. There is no way to "correct" this error without making him feel bad and that is what he will remember, how you made (or helped him to) feel. Find a way to be kind, that is rarely a poor choice.

That pastor is a real piece of shit.

I would keep my mouth shut. It's between him and his wife and none of your friends business. He knows the score, but has decided to accept the kid as his.

Let it go. Stupid is as stupid goes. If you ever get a chance to talk to the pastor - then give him the grief of being a shit.

This is such a hopeless case I would stay out of it.

It’s the preachers baby...

Also did you get a cigar?

Unless he was a really close friend of mine then I would keep quiet.

What good would come of it? It’s not your business surely?

I don't see the point in addressing the co-worker about it at all unless he specifically asks about the probability of it actually being his kid. Outside of that it's none of your business if he wants to believe a god miraculously impregnated his wife. He's already bought into the concept that it's possible just by being a Christian (Mary/Jesus thing) so what's the chance of you convincing him that he's wrong?

Although I'd probably have no problem letting other people know that I thought it was crazy and why. If my opinion gets back to him and he asks ... well, that's a different story. Then I'd simply tell him he's acting crazy and that there's no way that a three month old fetus his wife is carrying is his unless he's saying that the child is the second coming of Christ and that would be presumptuous as hell (although quite intriguing).

Why would you feel the need to say anything? It is not a concern of yours in any way.

I'd tell him to do the math and to get a DNA test. She's a cheating whore, and he deserves better. I'd also mention that that priest needs his ass beat for lying to him about it.

Shut yer yap.

If he pastor has convinced him it's a magical miracle his wife has been zapped by God and the little bastard is his by divine right, there won't be anything either of you will gain by doing the math and figuring out it's not legit.

Let his or her relatives point out the obvious to him. People will be doing that for the rest of his life. Jumping in line to be #1 to break the news to him won't be the kindess thing to do.

I would definitely say something
Probably why I don't have that many friends and why I am not Invited to work gatherings or celebrations like that, so maybe not the right thing to do in that regard.
The other thing to consider, this guy is going to find out eventually, secrets like that have a way of getting out, and then when it does, he will know that you were lying to him as was everyone else, I would rather be the asshole who tels the truth than be complicit in somebody else's lie

That’s a tough one. Keep out if their business? Or speak up. Me... if it was my close friend, I’d say something. That’s just me.

Your friend , who knows him better than you do , and obviously understands math as well , should be your guide in this matter . That said , Let's think of an alternative scenario . Suppose they had wanted a child , but had been infertile , so the wife has been seeing a doctor about getting pregnant , using her husband's frozen sperm , and while the initial attempts had failed , one of her eggs has now been fertilized ? Could happen . The child could indeed be his own . I do realize it's much easier to assume his wife has been cheating on him , but you may not have the full story .

You can say something to your friend obviously but I am not sure if it is your place to say something to this guy... how close are y'all? Will what you say impact your friend and his business and then your friendship?? Are they in an open relationship or do they have an understanding that she slept with someone else but it was God's "plan for him" to raise another's kid?? Too many missing details here.

I would keep quiet, it's none my business how they live there lives.

follow your friend's advice. it's not your business to tell the guy anything about his life. he may even know and be pretending; he may not know and be an idiot. how would telling him help ANYONE, least of all the kid, when it comes? i know it rankles, but that's how it is. life is unjust, idiots abound and you have no horse in this race. mum's the word. talk to your friend about it to your heart's content, if he is open to that, but not to the delusional person;.

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Silence - not your issue.

I didn't think sperm could live though being mailed. Guess I was wrong.

Surely you made this story up just to see the dumbasses take the bait? Please say so!

Gees I'd put a book on reproduction in his work locker where he could find it.

Someone needs to.

That's horrific.

He needs to make a mature decision here - not be bamboozled by religious folks.

It's okay for him to decide to keep on with her even though she's trying to pull the wool over his eyes with the pastor aiding and abetting - it's not okay that he's this uneducated in this day and age.

They are preying on him. And that's ugly.

I'm not sure it's up to you.
But it should be something one of his friends can talk to him about.
They're all treating him like the village idiot and that is so very uncool I don't have the words for it.

Let it be.