A BBC documentary to be screened this Christmas will
question the beliefs of billions of Christians by suggesting that Mary was not a
virgin when she conceived Jesus.
The Virgin Mary, which is to be aired on Dec 22,
investigates three explanations, other than the immaculate conception, for
Mary’s pregnancy.
Firstly it looks at the possibility that she slept with
Joseph while she was engaged to be married to him, secondly that she was raped
by a Roman soldier and thirdly that she fell pregnant to an unidentified man
before marrying Joseph. It concludes that Mary was most likely to have concieved
Jesus with Joseph before their marriage as Joseph stood by her; an unmarried
pregnant woman at that time in Palestine would have been cast out from the
community or may even have been stoned to death.
Alan Bookbinder, the BBC’s head of religion and the
executive producer of The Virgin Mary said: “I hope the churches see that the
Mary of faith and miracles is well represented and given a lot of prominence in
the programme. The church view is given a lot of attention.
“But I hope the churches understand that for
non-believers the human Mary � the mother who saw her son get into difficulty
and then die � is someone with whom they can identify and nonbelievers will have
a lot of sympathy for her.”
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If I ever needed proof (other than the authority of the Catholic Church) of
the perpetual virginity of Mary, this would be it. The BBC has the the charism
of imbecility, that does not mean that they will we always say something stupid;
but when it comes to faith and morals they are guaranteed by the spirit of the
world to always get it wrong. Last week I wandered onto a venomous blog
attacking Mary with ideas garnered from the dunghill of the incoherent
scribblings of Dave Hunt. I was surprised at the depth of my reaction. I felt
like someone had slapped my mother, then I realized someone had slapped my
mother.
When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple
whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” — John
19:26-27
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me
blessed — Luke 1:48
All I know is that “all generations” have a very strange way of calling Mary
blessed. What irony that some woefully misled people have to rely on the very
Church that they attack to fulfill bible prophesy. I remember in the days when
we were fortunate to have the wit of Father Bryce Sibley and his posts on
anti-Catholics and anti-popes that he once linked to a site called iconbusters.com. This site is both anti-Catholic and anti any
Protestants that doesn’t attack the Catholic Church. They have a section called
hypocrites on parades which uses Flash animation to give slideshows of various
bizarre rantings. This was some of the unintentionally funniest things that I
have ever seen. I reveled in the irony of a site called iconbusters using
graphics as a way to convey meaning. So all that I will say to the BBC and those
who attack the Blessed Mother.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with
you.
Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your
womb.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of
our death.
