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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