Taking logic to the foothills of absurdity This story from MSNBC mentions the parthenogenetic ("virgin") births of some female sharks. I've known that parthenogenesis is found in some groups of vertebrates (ectothermic or cold blooded-so no mammals or birds). But let's take this further. Assume that Jesus will return, via a virgin birth. The way parthenogenesis works, only females can be born of it (remember, no Y chromosome involved). Stopping short of the god-of-the-gaps that can subvert nature by fiat, might the original Christ have been female? Could the second coming be so?