The Scientific Validity Of Virgin Birth.
And this will be a sign for you: A virgin (a sexually inactive/never active sexual woman), will reproduce a child. Over the years I have sat through more than one religion class whose basis is that of what they call "higher criticism." This name seems to imply that their interpretation of the facts is higher or better than that which was taught for millennia, and one of the things that would invariably come up over the holidays is a statement that goes something like this: "The Virgin birth of Mary is a biological impossibility." Usually, I would allow this to be said and then challenge my professors ability to be an expert on matters of biology or zoology. Then I would set about to prove them completely wrong. At least one of them apologized to the class for being inaccurate in his "Pontifications." First the scientific term for Virgin birth is based on two words: Partho and genesis. The actual term is parthenogenesis. The definition of p