Adventurer Bear Grylls faced criticism for identifying Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a Palestinian refugee in his Christmas message. His statement on social media ignited controversy and prompted numerous angry responses.
Bear Grylls has been labelled 'embarrassing' after saying Mary was a Palestinian refugee in a Christmas message to his followers. The 50-year-old explorer took to social media to share 'a quick historical note' about ‘ Mary am ( Mary )'. He wrote on X: 'In these next few days billions of us around the world celebrate the birth of a Middle Eastern refugee who, 2,000 years ago, changed the course of the world forever. 'Let me tell you some of his story.
This is just a short extract from near the beginning of the adventure. 'When Maryam, a young, poor, and no doubt terrified Palestinian girl, gives birth in a run-down animal pen, to a baby who was foretold for hundreds of years. 'Yet she was not alone. And she never would be. Because this was the moment that God Almighty broke into our fallen world in person… To many of us, it is undoubtedly: The Greatest Story Ever Told.' His message sparked a series of angry responses from people across social media, with some saying it was 'disappointing'. One person wrote: 'In what sense - historical, archaeological, political, religious, geographic, ethnic, literally any sense at all - would Mary have regarded herself as a Palestinian?' Bear Grylls has been labelled 'embarrassing' after saying Mary was a Palestinian refugee in a Christmas message Many angry people took to social media to share their views, while a community note was posted underneath what Grylls wrote The Campaign Against Antisemitism then said: 'A quick historical note: ‘Maryam’ (Mary) was a Jewish woman from Judea, under Roman rule. 'The region wasn’t called'Palestine' until 100 years later when the Judeans (Jews) were exiled and Emperor Hadrian renamed it Syria Palaestina after the Bar Kokhba Revolt to try to sever the Jewish connection to the land. 'A lot of people over the millennia since have believed his propagand
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