New Delhi, Dec 25: Known for her controversial writings, noted Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen stirred up the hornet's nest when she said that 'Jesus was no God's son'.
Replying to a query on Twitter about what is wrong in celebrating Christmas, Taslima wrote, “I can't celebrate lies. Jesus's mom was not virgin and he was no God's son.”
Tomorrow is Jesus of Nazareth and Sir Isaac Newton's birthday. What will I do? I will celebrate Newton's birthday.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) December 24, 2015
Taslima – a self-proclaimed atheist – made this remark on the eve of Christmas which certainly did not go down well with many.
But then, there were some who also hailed her courage.
Here are some mix reactions:
@taslimanasreen@jacobmathews Taslima N I have doubts that u r a honest atheist. U r a fraudulent hypocrite atheist ? What do u make of it?
— Matiur Rahman (@MatiurDC) December 24, 2015
@taslimanasreen You really have guts and that is not easy. I do appreciate that you speak you mind without fear.
— Sudhanshu S. Singh (@sssingh21) December 24, 2015
@taslimanasreen Strong objection. Jesus has given us the gift of repentance & forgiveness. Suggest you do not play with faith. Back off
— Jayati Chatterjee (@Jayati69) December 24, 2015
@taslimanasreen@InnovativeHindu@jacobmathews Jesus mother was your Class mate ? You are Living since Jesus time ? What stupid you Taslima
— Dr Prashant Das , (@das_prashant777) December 24, 2015
@taslimanasreen@jacobmathews requires courage to speak truth and stand out, salute
— Indian_Strategist (@lalitmach22) December 24, 2015
@taslimanasreen@jacobmathews See this lady, hw foul mouthed she cn get. She keeps complaining abt human right,bt she herself is so violent.
— Straight Talk (@The3rdEyee) December 24, 2015
However, when someone asked her if she would despise others who celebrate, she wrote, "Not at all. I believe in everybody's right to practice their beliefs peacefully."
Not at all. I believe in everybody's right to practice their beliefs peacefully. https://t.co/VBLA2NOwpQ
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) December 24, 2015
Comments
I am follower of Taslima. I am 100% agree with your writing. God bless her.
It is not an insult to say that Jesus's mother was not a virgin when she gave birth to him. My mother was not a virgin when she gave birth to me. She was a respectable married woman. That is likely to have been the case with Mary too - that she was married to her husband Joseph, had sex with him and in due course produced a baby. It is the general way of things. Women who give birth to babies are not virgins. They have had sex with someone, who is the father of their child. Only two of the four gospels say anything about Mary becoming pregnant without having sex, and they tell very different stories from each other. These detailed stories are, I believe, invented to fit in with somes verses in the book of Isaiah, which were assumed in Jesus's day to be a prophecy of the Messiah, though they were in reality no such thing and referred to a young woman (not a virgin) giving birth to a baby in Isaiah's own time.
You commentators who want to prevent Taslima from voicing her opinions publicly should be ashamed of yourselves. You are full of hate and fear. How does it hurt you that a woman says that she does not agree with what you believe? Do you think that the creator and sustainer of the universe in whom you believe is so weak and defenceless that he needs people like you to protect him from someone saying that some story told about him is not true? You are not defending Jesus's mother from insult. You are not defending God from insult. You are simply trying to defend the beliefs that you have been brought up with from being questioned. Why shouldn't they be questioned? Why should they be accepted unquestioningly? Perhaps they are incorrect. If they are incorrect, don't you want to know it?
you are amazing...keep it up...a breath of fresh air in all this pollution
Why somebody asking which religion she belongs. Is it compulsory to believe any religion?
There was no adam as described in religion book. Man has been evolved by evolution.
Keep up the good work Ms. Nasreen, I respect and admire you a great deal.
Keep up the good work, Ms. Nasreen, I respect and admire you a great deal.
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