She was pubescent, and thus irrelevant to pedophilia.
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RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
How old do you think the Virgin Mary was?
Cruel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
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RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
How old do you think the Virgin Mary was?
She was pubescent, and thus irrelevant to pedophilia.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Old enough to be considered a woman, but culturally it could have been as young as 16.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! (Luke 1:41-42)
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
There wasn't consent though. It can be spun that way, but biblically Mary was destined to carry, and screw any free will.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
She did consent though. It’s in the account.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Yes. it can absolutely be spun that way, as I said. As most anything in the Bible can be. Let me ask this then. Could she have said no? And when would that have happened?
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Could have been as young as 13, as Virgin generally meant not ready for sex yet.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
She was called a woman by her cousin who was so old that John the Baptist’s birth was miraculous. She could have been older, not all women married young. But to be considered a woman she wouldn’t have been 13.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
however it is a misconception that people married and had kids young in the past. generally it was in your early 20s even in antiquity