Faith

This is taken from the book entitled Seeds of Revolution authored by Sonia S. Daquila, 2003 outstanding teacher of the Philippines.

Imagine yourself attending a philosophy class at the University of Santo Tomas; a professor talked about scholasticism or neoThomism. With much enthusiasm the professor cited protozoan which were struck by the radiation rays and evolved into what we are now, human beings.

She said, "...there is nothing now that cannot be reconciled between science and religion, and we call this scholasticism or neo-Thomism."

One curious student asked:

"Professor, how can we possibly explain parthenogenesis or virgin birth? Scientifically, we know that the sex of the fetus is determined by the intermingling of the mother's and father's chromosomes.

If the father yields Y (for a male has XY pair and so he gives our neither X or Y) and pairs it with mother's X (female has a constant pair XX and thus she gives out X all the time) it will be a boy; and if the father pairs his X with the mother's X, it will be a girl.

We also know that the only source of Y is man. Therefore, parthenogenic baby (which very rarely happens) develops without male intervention. Conclusively, parthenogenic baby ought to be female.

Now, could you reconcile science and mystery in the birth of Jesus Christ?

Remember Professor that Jesus is a male. Thus, the pairing is XY. Where do you think the Y came from?"

The professor turned red and started tongue lashing at the seemingly innocent probinsiyana.