Jesus is a child of rape says film-maker

Dutch film-maker Paul Verhoeven is to publish a biography of Jesus in September in which he claims Jesus’ father was probably a Roman soldier who raped Mary during the Jewish uprising, news agency Reuters reports on Wednesday.


Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Showgirls) has had a life-long ambition to make a film about Jesus based on scientific research, Reuters says.

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