Comment on Praise Be

• Epp4@lemmynsfw.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mormons took that and really ran with it, as their a “Doctrine & Covenants” are much more blatant in support of rape. Joseph Smith told Emma Hale that God would destroy her for refusing to marry him.

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  • Cruel@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How do they support rape? Or do you consider it rape of I tell I woman she’ll go to hell if she doesn’t consent?

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• doingthestuff@lemy.lol ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  She did consent though. It’s in the account.

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  • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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?

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    • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are we really debating the sky wizard role playing game book?

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      • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No, just debating which set of rules we're playing by.

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    • doingthestuff@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

      It’s in Luke chapter 1. I mean a lot of people believe believe none of it happened, whatever. But consent was part of the account.

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      • Epp4@lemmynsfw.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That was AFTER impregnation, though, and under duress from supernatural beings. I don’t think that’s the correct order of operations for valid consent…

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      • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I guess it's consent. The master/deity or their aide comes to the servant and tells them of master's will, the great plan. The servant says, yeah, okay.

        Yet another fail in writing. Why not make it so God and Gabriel give her the choice, and she adamantly agrees? Remove all doubt from the story's plot. Or better yet, add some drama, have Mary unsure, and Gabriel explains the importance (not that it's already planned, but why her choice is key to the direction of salvation and all that). And she with some thought decides to do it.

        Oh, right... that would give a woman some agency. Never mind.

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