Funny how nobody ever quotes, “I am not come to bring peace, but the sword”…
One l’il quibble: the “woman taken in adultery” whose stoning Jesus halts ,is not Mary Magdalene. MM was a woman out of whom Jesus cast 7 demons. Furthermore there’s nothing in the Bible that indicates she was a prostitute. But, all women of whom any notice is taken in the Old Testament either ARE “harlots”, or have to pose as one in order to achieve their goals. (Rahab, Tamara, Ruth, to name a few). You could argue ( although I don’t advise it: hic sunt dracones) that the Virgin Mary fits that mold too, finding herself pregnant and unmarried. But in the New Testament hagiography, Mary Magdalene is the queen of ‘em all: she has to have been conflated with the adulteress, memorialized as a prostitute, in order to fit the typology.
This is another brilliant piece! People must open their eyes and reject the lies of modern Christianity. God is about justice and natural order for nature is God's creation. Sodomy and hedonism are cancers the pollute the soul of humanity! Amen
Funny how nobody ever quotes, “I am not come to bring peace, but the sword”…
One l’il quibble: the “woman taken in adultery” whose stoning Jesus halts ,is not Mary Magdalene. MM was a woman out of whom Jesus cast 7 demons. Furthermore there’s nothing in the Bible that indicates she was a prostitute. But, all women of whom any notice is taken in the Old Testament either ARE “harlots”, or have to pose as one in order to achieve their goals. (Rahab, Tamara, Ruth, to name a few). You could argue ( although I don’t advise it: hic sunt dracones) that the Virgin Mary fits that mold too, finding herself pregnant and unmarried. But in the New Testament hagiography, Mary Magdalene is the queen of ‘em all: she has to have been conflated with the adulteress, memorialized as a prostitute, in order to fit the typology.
You're right! At some point I had known that about MM but had forgotten. Thanks for calling it out!
This is another brilliant piece! People must open their eyes and reject the lies of modern Christianity. God is about justice and natural order for nature is God's creation. Sodomy and hedonism are cancers the pollute the soul of humanity! Amen