back then women got stoned for stepping out of line. at least that was the law. maybe it wasn't enforced very much. b/c i don't see how she wasn't stoned - or even charged. of course, it was a miracle and all of that but even Jesus was punished for His violations of the various laws of the land. Mary at least looked like she was guilty of a pretty serious offense. it's odd that it wasn't ever addressed.

and anyway i asked when i was a teen b/c i imagined me or any of my peers going to our parents w/THAT story - she's knocked up but i didn't do it it was God. or her saying yeah i'm knocked up but i'm still a virgin. it's preposterous. i can't imagine the ppl around them accepted that easily. but the Bible doesn't say much of anything about that.