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By Michelle Boorstein
November 10 at 1:32 PM
... "Bringing Joseph and Mary into a modern-day molestation accusation, where a 32-year-old prosecutor is accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, is simultaneously ridiculous and blasphemous," said Ed Stetzer, a pastor and church consultant who holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission and Evangelism at Wheaton College. "Even those who followed ancient marriage customs, which we would not follow today, knew the difference between molesting and marriage."
"Women were chattel back then, they were traded of course they married men who were much older and had multiple wives," said the Rev. Amy Butler, senior minister of the Riverside Church, a historical and prominent interdenominational church in New York City. "It's completely ludicrous to equate the sex assault of a minor with an ancient culture ... It makes me want to rip the church back from these people" ...
On Friday, Moore's brother was quoted by CNN correspondent Martin Savidge comparing the accused judge to Jesus.
"When I asked what does he believe the motivation is with these women coming forward making the accusations they have, again, Jerry Moore says it's money and the Democratic Party, implying that they are doing this because they're being paid in some way, and it is for the purpose of derailing or interrupting this campaign," Savidge said. Jerry Moore added "that his brother is being persecuted, in his own words, like Jesus Christ was" ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/11/09/alabama-state-official-defends-roy-moore-citing-joseph-and-mary-they-became-parents-of-jesus/?utm_term=.043c8df21b35
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)First, even if you believe that Joseph and Mary existed as portrayed (I don't), the Bible doesn't mention ages. Joseph was very likely young himself; Jewish men were expected to marry relatively young (the supposedly unmarried Jesus (Yeshua) at 32(?) was very much an anomaly). Mary probably was very young; possibly as young as 13, but Joseph may not have been much older.
BTW, their names would have been Yusef and Miriam.
BigmanPigman
(51,583 posts)he said that their Bible comparisons are getting bigger and bigger. He expects God to be brought up next and creating the planet too.
Orange Free State
(611 posts)God could have got 20 years, though I dont know what court would have had jurisdiction on a charge of Statutory Divine Impregnation or whatever....
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)to prove that Mary was born later than 20 BC....
Orange Free State
(611 posts)that birth announcement in the Jerusalem Gazette wasnt proof enough?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Ok, so christianity is based on God raping an underage girl? And you say that our country should be run on christian principles?
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