"Virgin"?

Food for thought . . .

Paul Verhoeven, director of Basic Instinct and Showgirls is working up a biopic of Jesus that makes the claim that Jesus was born of the rape of the "Virgin" Mary by a Roman soldier.

In his upcoming biography of Jesus, "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven will make the shocking claim that Christ probably was the son of Mary and a Roman soldier who raped her during the Jewish uprising in Galilee.

Which is an interesting hypothesis to explain the "virgin" conception. Of course, not all agree:

Catholic League President Bill Donohue called Verhoeven's claim about Mary "laughable."

"Here we go again with idle speculation grounded in absolutely nothing," Donohue told FOXNews.com. "He has no empirical evidence to support his claim, which is why they say 'may have.'"

And the "empirical evidence" supporting the claim of the immaculate conception is . . . what? None. Which makes the immaculate conception equally nothing more than "idle speculation." However, Verhoeven's claim at least has plausibility in reality and doesn't have to rely on some mystical, make-believe fantasy and an Invisible Voo-Doo Daddy in the Clouds magically impregnating women against their will . . . which would constitute rape in my book.

And of course, Donahue would have us completely disregard the fact that the more accurate translation of the biblical account of Mary and her conception tells of a "young woman," not a "virgin"--"virgin" being a mistranslation.

Yes, Mr. Donahue, which version is it that is "laughable"?