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Oh. That one is actually cute compared with other examples:
Book of Genesis (chapter 19)
Lot and his two (biological) daughters.
Genesis 19:31-36
31; One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth.
32; Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
Now do the part where David or some dickhead brings 100 cut off foreskins as a trophy or something.
The Bible is filled with shit I’d never let near my child.
King Saul wanted 100 Philistine foreskins before he’d let David marry his daughter. He didn’t think David would be able to do it and didn’t like him. David, ever the overachiever, brought him 200 foreskins.
What a weird book. It’s not even good fantasy.
With a collection like that, Saul could task the royal leatherworker to make him a coin purse that turned into a suitcase when you rub it. 🤷🏼♂️
Wait, she was twelve?
No, not really. The info is sparse, but she must have been at least 14.
…and some believe St. Joseph was 90.
People lived to a thousand back then.
It’s really amazing what is possible in epic fantasy novels.
…as I’m actively audiobooking the Malazan novels.
Those and Sanderson are my go-tos on night shifts. I miss about half the book, because I’m paying attention to work, but then I just restart the series after I’ve finished it and catch the other half.
But yeah, I dont think ive ever considered Mary’s age. Are there theories about Joseph saying “it wasn’t me!”?
It specifically says she told him she was pregnant through immaculate conception and he didnt believe her and wanted to divorce her until an angel of god confirmed her story to him lol
Many Christians believe so and have for a very long time:
The Protoevangelium of James, an extra-canonical book, has been the source of many Orthodox beliefs on Mary. The account of Mary’s life presented includes her consecration as a virgin at the temple at age three. The high priest Zachariah blessed Mary and informed her that God had magnified her name among many generations. Zachariah placed Mary on the third step of the altar, whereby God gave her grace. While in the temple, Mary was miraculously fed by an angel, until she was 12 years old. At that point, an angel told Zachariah to betroth Mary to a widower in Israel, who would be indicated. This story provides the theme of many hymns for the Feast of Presentation of Mary, and icons of the feast depict the story.[178] The Orthodox believe that Mary was instrumental in the growth of Christianity during the life of Jesus, and after his Crucifixion, and Orthodox theologian Sergei Bulgakov has written: "The Virgin Mary is the centre, invisible, but real, of the Apostolic Church.
So she just sat on the steps for 9 years?
Children are well known for their patience, as are religious folks for their critical thinking.
Oh the book was written by “James, the brother of Jesus” from an earlier marriage of joseph who was never mentioned at any point ever.
Literally just christian fanfic by a self insert mary sue oc. Humanity has never changed since the dawn of time.
Nahhh, James was probably there with the historical Jesus (who’s actual father was probably a Roman soldier, and Joseph probably married Mary to “save her the shame” of being an unwed mother). If you want the self-insert fanfic, that’s all of Paul’s writings.
And, let’s not forget that the vast majority of it was shamelessly lifted whole-cloth from previous works by other cultures… 🤷🏼♂️
Somehow the ages never came up in church…. Strange, that.
Fun fact — “Jesus” is the Greek version of “Yeshua” which is the Aramaic version of “Joshua”.
So Jesus had two moms.
