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4921 Logan Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 551,09
March 13, 1968

Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics

Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California 9130)

Dear Mr. Lederberg:

Thank you very much for your informative reply to my letter
concerning parthenogenesis. After listening to professors of
religion sound off as authorities on what science says cannot
happen, it is refreshing to get the truly objective opinion
of a man of science.

In regard to your question on whether or not Christ
belonged to any of the conventional categories of humanity, I
can only point ot the fact that none of the prima facie evidence
which we have (i.e. the gospels) ever give any whisper of a
doubt that Christ was fully human in a biological sense; neither
is there any imdication that he was less than male, although
the first-century witnesses did not have any of the sophisticated
knowledge of sex differentiation that modern ecience has. Further,
I do not know of any treatment of the question of Jesus! sex,
perhaps because the question has not arisen in theological circles.
If I ever find anything on the subject, however, I will make
it available to you.

Once again, thank you for your reply.

Sincerely,

VW Meir K tferrral,,

William L. Seurrah

P.S. The only organization actively engaged in relating science
to Christian dogma is the Creation Research Society, made up

of a number of Ph.D.'s and M.S.ts. If you would like information
on the organization, I can get the address of their secretary

for yous