Current Events > Minnesota Professor: God didn't have virgin Mary's consent to impregnate her.

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https://www.newsweek.com/minnesota-eric-sprankle-virgin-mary-impregnated-without-consent-minnesota-1248801

A Minnesota psychology professor caught the attention of conservative pundits this week after tweeting that God impregnated the Virgin Mary without consent.

Eric Sprankle, Psy.D, an associate professor at the Minnesota State University, angered Fox News host Tucker Carlson and guest commentator Mark Steyn with his Monday comments.

He wrote: The virgin birth story is about an all-knowing, all-powerful deity impregnating a human teen. There is no definition of consent that would include that scenario. Happy Holidays.

He later added: The biblical god regularly punished disobedience. The power difference (deity vs mortal) and the potential for violence for saying 'no' negates her 'yes.' To put someone in this position is an unethical abuse of power at best and grossly predatory at worst.

The professors stance failed to impress during yesterdays airing of Tucker Carlson Tonight, with the host and Steyn left fuming over what they called the dismal state of atheism in America. They didnt appreciate Sprankles use of Satanic ornaments on his Christmas tree.

A Fox News article also pointed out that his bio included the line "Ave Satana," or hail, Satan.

Fifty years ago, this kind of shallow banality would be something the province of a drunk undergraduate at three in the morning, Steyn said when asked about the tweets.

The idea that God has got the Virgin Mary back to his pad, and shes saying I really must go, and hes saying baby, its cold outside...I miss the days when atheists were at least intelligent enough to take seriously what they were purporting to knock down, he said.

Steyn continued: The stupidity and banality and shallowness and reductiveness of this is a dismal comment on the state of atheism in America. They dont seem to make the same kind of Ramadan jokes as they do Christmas jokes. It's odd that isnt it; I wonder why that is, Tucker.

The host interjected that religious critics never target the owners of technology companies.

Its not even brave, Carlson responded. They never criticize Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world. Or Apple. Tim Cook. Or Google. They suck up to people in power and then beat up on evangelicals and call themselves, you know, countercultural. I mean, it is pathetic.

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...well he didn't... not really that much different then all the women zeus poked to be honest.
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Biblically, God is all-knowing. He knew Mary would agree before He explained it to her.

Attempts to categorize God as a rapist are nothing new. It's a cheap shock ploy or an attempt to "raise awareness" by removing context to manufacture a rape scenario.

So now people are going to yell at God? Yeah, good luck with that
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God... damnit
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Can we just, you know, not give him the attention that he wants?
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Tmaster148 posted...

He wrote: The virgin birth story is about an all-knowing, all-powerful deity impregnating a human teen. There is no definition of consent that would include that scenario. Happy Holidays.

If God is all-knowing, then He knows whether or not He has her consent.

The sarcastic "happy holidays" and the glaring flaw in his argument prove this professor's doing it just to get a moment's attention and maybe ruffle the feathers of a couple of groups he collectively dislikes. Pay no mind and move on.

No need to get upset over fictional characters
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Implying that evangelicals are powerless in the U.S. is foolish, even for a hack like Carslon.
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I mean lets be real if God is all-knowing and stuff that makes it all the more inappropriate him being the creator of all, step above a President sleeping with an intern at least.

:^)
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