God Hates Figs

[Riotgear]

Just because Mary had a taste for Roman...Centurian doesn't give us a right to call her a whore. Joseph a sucker? Sure. Jesus a bastard child primed from infancy to fulfill the will of The Sanhedrin bent on throwing off the yoke of Roman oppression? Of course. But whore? I think that's a little strong.

It was mock on hate (not an obvious one, I see); not my view on Mary.

Recently read some accounts of Jesus's conception and Mary's role in his life by various scholars and analysts. Lots of contradictions surrounding it and immaculate conception vs. Mary being humanly impregnated before meeting Joseph and marrying him for fear of the dishonor her pregnancy would bring to herself and her family. Also interesting is how some view Mary as the mother of God, while others don't.

Even the fig tree encounter and why Jesus cursed it is much analyzed with some believing he was irritated by it since he was hungry and it had no fruit; and thus he caused it to whither immediately out of anger/hatred for its barreness. While others believe he knew it was out of season, and cursed it only to make it whither the next day as a means by which to reinforce his followers' faith.

I'm not religious, but curious to understand what others believe and sometimes research a bit. I'm far from being well versed in any of it. But, I find the differences between the versions of Mark, Matthew, Luke, etc...and the various intepretations as interesting as the stories themselves.

In short, I don't know if God hated figs, if Jesus cursed the fig tree out of hunger or hate, or whether or not Mary initially feared being outcast as a whore when initially approached by Gabriel.

I like figs and I like the character of Mary.

I like the real whore better anyway. Magdalene FTW.