Empirical, You Say?

PZ Meyers has the most awesomest irony EVAR, a quote from Bill Donahue:

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.'"

Verhoeven (of Basic Instinct, Robo-Cop, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, etc), is writing a book that apparently suggests "that the Virgin Mary may have been a rape victim" and "that Christ was not betrayed by Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 original apostles of Jesus, as the New Testament states."

Yeah...he lacks "empirical evidence." Yup.