did mary have free will?

Question

if she wanted to have an abortion, could she have?

god doesn't make mistakes ever? i didn't realize hitler was a triumph.

Answer 1

Yes Mary had freewill.

Yes they had abortions then. They have had abortions since the beginning of human history.

I suppose she could have, however doubtful God would have chosen and preserved her from original sin if she was not devoted enough to accept it.

Oh yeah and she did consent before she was conceived. "Thy will be done". She could have refused then.

Answer 2

Think about this for a moment:

You live in a very superstious society. You are taught from a very young age that Jews are gods chosen people, the ones he loves the most, and that god works in the lives of his chosen people. You believe this because you don't know any different. You don't have the opportunity to learn anything different because you're a woman. You reach the age of maturity and god comes to you (or what you believe to be god, whether it is or not is not important for this discussion) and tells you he wants you to be the vessle by which he will save humanity. Would you actually want to have an abortion?

Answer 3

I do not think she would have been able to have an abortion in that period of time (at least not a safe, effective one). The only ancient form of contraception I've heard of was the use of crocodile dung, by the Ancient Egyptians. I've also heard that some Europeans used the acidic interior of a halved lemon like a diaphragm.

Why any girl of around fourteen years would choose to be impregnated by a deity is beyond me. Even in superstitious or theocratic societies, girls aren't exactly happy to be married off to men forty years their senior or executed in the public square for "adultery" (see Afghanistan under the Taliban). Some part of human independence persist.

There is no free will in the Bible. Everything carries consequences. Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for not following his tyrannical rules and washed over an entire planet to kill everyone outside of Noah's family: and that includes kids, because most ancient societies were made up of large percentages children, due to large death rates from disease or malnutrition.

A theistic belief system is tyrannical to me. It asks humans to put aside their brains and to believe in something based on "faith," which is basically whatever the religious "authority" tells his flock to believe. Not all religion is so simple these days, but it works on the same mechanisms that deny a part of human reasoning. I much prefer to live apart from religious constraints, and to avoid holy books that preach violence.

Answer 4

I'm guessing God already knew the answer He was going to get. He doesn't make mistakes-ever. In her case, by the way, she would have said "no". Killing innocent unborn babies was not an option. It was then and really should be today, unthinkable.
EDIT:
God made a little baby in Austria. Adolf created the monster we knew as Hitler.

Answer 5

She had free will just as the rest of us do but she loved God and wanted to do His will not hers. God would not have chosen her if she was going to be disobedient. God bless you

Answer 6

Yes, she could have somehow terminated if she wanted to. But God chose her specifically because He knew she would take care of Jesus.

Answer 7

It's one thing to ask, it's another to tell her after it was done. You can't be just a little pregnant.
By this time, god's had been getting earthlings pregnant for eons.

Answer 8

Free will is an illusion but I wish Mary had had an abortion.

Answer 9

I don't think they had abortions then, not sure,but I doubt it.