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

I would be tempted to respond to Verhoeven's claim by saying Paul Verhoeven's parents "may have" been father and daughter...

So the theory goes that Mary just made up a story of "immaculate conception", cause that was going to be more acceptable than "I was raped!"???

While we're at it, maybe the father was actually a Martian...
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Verhoeven, who turns 70 in July, reportedly has had a lifelong ambition to make a film about Jesus, based on scientific research.

"based on scientific research".
And the above is what he's throwing out there, with a "may have"?
Sounds like the guy has failed in his "lifelong ambition".

Over the years, Verhoeven, who is Catholic ...