The \'h\' Index – A Measure of Quality of Scientific Research Thank you Dr Gill. A most interesting and informative article. There is, however, still a tendency by many scientists to make sure that they, or their colleagues, cite their own previous work as often as possible, in order to inflate their citation rating. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any remedy for this rather dubious practice. Any thoughts?

The Virgin Birth Re. #15 Original sin is usually thought of as the propensity to evil that exists within all humans and is thought to be the consequence of the act of disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Personally I think that the curiosity that prompted Eve to disobey is the root of al science, so perversely, religion(s) was quite right in identifying curiosity, and the refusal to obey dictats, as the main obstacle to its hegemony.

Perhaps at this time we should concentrate on the message of love and goodwill rather than more obscure facets of religion; although most religious people will insist that without the ``miracles`` of virgin birth and the resurrection Christ`s message was no more worthy of veneration than that of many other wise men.

The Virgin Birth Re. #15 Original sin is usually thought of as the propensity to evil that exists within all humans and is thought to be the consequence of the act of disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Personally I think that the curiosity that prompted Eve to disobey is the root of al science, so perversely, religion(s) was quite right in identifying curiosity, and the refusal to obey dictats, as the main obstacle to its hegemony.

Perhaps at this time we should concentrate on the message of love and goodwill rather than more obscure facets of religion; although most religious people will insist that without the ``miracles`` of virgin birth and the resurrection Christ`s message was no more worthy of veneration than that of many other wise men.

The Virgin Birth And, it is commonly thought that Mary`s mother was Saint Ann.

The Virgin Birth No. Mary was not conceived without sex. It is another common error to conflate original sin with sex.

The Virgin Birth The immaculate conception does not refer to the birth of Christ, but to the belief that his mother, Mary, was conceived without any trace of original sin.

If the author is unable to distinguish beween the concept of ``virgin birth`` and that of the Immaculate Conception`` how much credence can we put on the rest of the article?