@Skide #131960
Good point on the child pornography. I wish I would have thought of that.
Force? Many Christians believe that Yahweh (a cruel god) is the Heavenly Father. I’m one of the few who don’t. Yah seem like one who force pregnancy. The Heavenly Father (whom I don’t believe is Yahweh) doesn’t seem like the one to force people. Hey if I’m wrong and Yah is the Heavenly Father, then Mary was force. I don’t known, but I just see a difference between Yah and whom Jesus calls the Father. Christians say she did consent by saying let it be, but if Yahweh is the Heavenly Father, then she couldn’t say no without being destroyed. Force pregnancy is wrong regardless how old she was. However if he is not the Heavenly Father, then I just can’t believe a being who is supposed to be super good would force pregnancy and that Mary said let it be out of fear.
I don’t agree with underage girls being pregnant, but doing that time period Mary was seen as an adult Still a good God should know better not impregnated a young girl no matter what the time period. Maybe he cause the betrothal to delay or cause Mary to be betrothed at 18-23. Mary was probably already in her early twenties when she was betrothed. Mary age seem to range from 12-20/23 (see other sources under Kity).
“In Palestine and in the west a man marries at 30 to a woman 10-15 years younger”
https://books.google.com/books?id=QR7SmbfqNKYC&pg=PA17&dq=in+palestine+and+in+the+west+a+man+married+at+30&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd7-_G5774AhV3F1kFHTbDDR8Q6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false (Pg 17)
“The extent literary evidence suggests that Jewish women married in their late teens or early twenties.
https://books.google.com/books?id=mFZsgugWF_UC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (pg 51-52)
Michael Satlow pointed out that most Jewish girls in Israel married at 15-17 or even much later.
https://books.google.com/books?id=BQBaDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (Pg 107-112)
Most Christians say the Holy Spirit is the Father, but the ancient Hebrews saw the Spirit as feminine. https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3225/7763#FN0002_3225
The Holy Spirit did help get Mary pregnant, but it could be similar to some female animals will lay their eggs inside another. Maybe transferring the fertilized egg. Either that it was magic. I said help because Luke did mention the power of the Most High will overshadowed Mary, so he was a part of it.