• cyberwitch@reddthat.com
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    11 days ago

    I’m kinda curious about your source. The infancy gospel of James puts her at 16, still creepy, and it also has fun weird shit like the priests having her take a magic abortion potion test to prove her purity and her vag burning the midwife’s hand.

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      11 days ago

      Southern Baptist. It’s what I was “taught” by some uppity Sunday School Teacher (or the preacher, or both).

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        Haha funny I thought those guys hated everything not explicitly in the KJV, but they clearly still have their own headcanon