Iirc the actual wording used in the bibble was something like “showered her in gold.” Take that how you like
So God gave her an Immaculate Conception … and Gabriel gave her a golden shower?
She was a kinky bitch for everyone except Joseph
The immaculate part was that she was without sin.
Just learned that recently, but I grew up protestant, so that wasn’t a thing for us.
My cousin almost got kicked out of catholic school, because when they were covering this, she asked if there was any reason to believe Joseph hadn’t simply had a wet dream, and Mary rolled onto it.
Well, the catholic church at least says she was a virgin. When they canonized her, this is the interpretation they went with. My understanding is it’s almost certainly a mistranslation, but it sounds more impressive so they went with it. The original meaning was a word that meant “unmarried woman” and had the implication they hadn’t had sex (being unmarried) but it wasn’t necessary.
That’s what I thought it referred to also, but the specific phrase has nothing to do with virginity. It isn’t Jesus’s conception it’s talking about. It’s that Mary was conceived without original sin.
To quote UNSONG Chapter 17: No Earthly Parents I Confess (https://unsongbook.com/chapter-18-no-earthly-parents-i-confess/ and yes it’s chapter 17 despite the URL, and I’m sure there’s something significant about that but I am unsure exactly what offhand, but everything in UNSONG is significant):
"Picture a maiden lost in the hills.
“Maiden” can mean either “young woman” or “virgin”. Its Greek and Hebrew equivalents have the same ambiguity, which is why some people think the person we call the Virgin Mary was actually supposed to be the Young Woman Mary – which might change the significance of her subsequent pregnancy a bit. People grew up faster, back in the days when they spoke of “maidens”. Mary was probably only fourteen when she gave birth.
I am a kabbalist. Words matter. Nowadays we have replaced “maiden” with “teenage girl”. A maiden and a teenager are the same thing, but their names drag different tracks through lexical space, stir up different waters. Synonymity aside, some young women are maidens and others are teenagers. The girl in our story was definitely a maiden, even though it was the 1970s and being a maiden was somewhat out of fashion."
Strange to see an Unsong reference in the wild
If we’re talking about Scott Alexander’s writings, I feel like Sort By Controversial reflects reality far too well. Fucking prescient.
Hadn’t read that one before. Fun.
Hey I like unsong too.
Are you familiar with Sam Hughes ( qntm.org)?
His " there is no antimimetics division" is vibeally relevant here.
As is his many scifi stories about the nature of reality and such.
I recommend it.
Yeah. Though I liked Ra more than There Is No Antimemetics Division. Especially the way he did a certain thing involving right versus left aligned text early on that if you were paying attention should strongly trigger a “wait, how did that happen?” response in a way that hints at very important things.
Zeus did it first. Can’t believe he’s just a copycat.
I know the term, but that’s not how people get pregnant!
One can try.
That’s not how you get someone pregnant!
Is this a challenge to a breed-off?
More like a pissing contest
Na, I’m out then. I’m rather uncoordinated currently as I’m sick and drinking amounts of ginger tea nobody should drink.
I would like to shower in God’s golden shower
Ye gots to do whut it sayeh in deh bibble!
What did I just read
it took me a while, but it’s the nativity story. the angel gabriel knocks up mary and then asks if she came.
Gabriel didn’t knock her up. The Holy Spirit came upon her (giggity). In other words, God himself/part of the trinity. Not a mere angel like Gabe or Mike.
Christianity is great–how many other religions were started when a wife cheated on her husband? And don’t bring up Zeus because that shit was already in full swing when he started waving his dick(s) around.
IIRC, the titans before the olympians were just as much into infidelity and came from Gaea fucking Uranus (giggity).
Wait now, does this motherfuckwr have 3 dads are you telling me?
Depending on which group you ask … He is also his own father
Almost like Fry, just taking it one step further
So more like this smeghead, then?
Like Fry! Like Fry!
Merry Christmas
I’m pretty sure that 12 year old temple prostitute was preganant when Joseph won her by raffle.
I’m pretty sure that 12 year old temple prostitute was preganant when Joseph won her by raffle.
Pregananant
¡Prregante!
Purgenat
