Female consent. Where religion and humanist law clash. When slavery and polygamy were no longer considered good in man’s eyes. When does female consent for sexual relationship and rape come in as good or bad? We know in secular law it is a crime, but in a god’s eyes is rape a crime? Where we draw the line matters in this world. What the God’s do is another question. God’s world and our world are separate. If we just blindingly say that oh well, we just need to follow God’s rules: To follow the rule that is putting conditions of judgement on a homosexual/transsexual/bisexual that sodomy is a sin. In this where does “God” draw the line in morals when impregnating Mary? In this case Gabriel as we learned in earlier post is the one who warned her and impregnated her. So in this case there was sort of a consent – so i argue that Abraham’s God did ask for consent even though Gabriel is a Child/creation of God. He may be as well part of God. And Mary, being indifferent about the rape and then rejoicing in the pregnancy – I’d say that it was not a matter of rape really. I think it was the most ethical “rape” that “God” or Gabriel could constitute. I would think if he would’ve just done it, it would’ve been a different story.

Link to Garbriel and Mary.