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179844, RE: did God rape Mary?
Posted by Mgmt, Wed Dec-23-15 09:56 AM
>so...God sent an angel to TELL Mary that she was going to
>give birth to God's son. Gabriel, the angel, didn't ASK Mary
>anything. she was told. considering she was a young woman or
>maybe even a girl...and God was a deity. w/all power in His
>hands and all that jazz. Alpha/Omega...you know the deal.
>what if she'd said 'no'? what would've happened to her? we
>know how God was at that point - He was still very Old
>Testament. he was into smiting ppl who disobeyed. and there
>was no salvation via Jesus - yet.
>
>given the power differential did Mary give meaningful consent
>to this whole thing? isn't this at least as bad as what
>happens when a young girl has sex w/a teacher? i know God
>wasn't her teacher exactly - He considers Himself her
>'father'. so...this is at least somewhat incestuous. we can
>ask Soon-Yi and Woody about it...we call that rape too. or
>molestation. either way we don't celebrate it.
>
>i think maybe she was raped.
>
>Luke 1:26-38
>
> 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God
>to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed
>to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the
>virgin's name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said,
>"Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" 29 But she
>was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what
>sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel said to her,
>"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31
>And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and
>you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be
>called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to
>him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over
>the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be
>no end." 34 And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be,
>since I am a virgin?" 35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy
>Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will
>overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called
>holy, the Son of God. 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth
>in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth
>month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be
>impossible with God." 38 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the
>servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word."
>And the angel departed from her.
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