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December 16, 2002

Just in time for Christmas, the BBC is airing a documentary that questions the virgin birth

The BBC will court controversy from some religious believers, already convinced that it is a nest of atheists, by airing a documentary questioning just about every tenet of the Christmas story.
In particular, the programme about the Virgin Mary, to be shown next Sunday night on BBC1, suggests that she was probably a 13-year-old when she gave birth and considers the possibility she became pregnant through being raped by a Roman soldier.

The conservative Catholic Herald points out that its speculation departs from the church's catechism and said that Alan Bookbinder, the BBC's head of religious broadcasting, is himself an agnostic.

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Posted by Jody at December 16, 2002 11:14 AM

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