Well, that’s a very hypothetical situation, since Jesus is the Son of God, not the daughter of God. Personally, I really don’t even speculate on those kinds of scenarios.It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
I don’t think it’s possible, as Jesus is ‘the exact representation of the Father’, that is, male, not female. God revealed Himself as Father not as Parent, although there are certain passages where God uses feminine imagery to describe Himself, yet He never describes Himself as female in essence. Partly I think it may go back to the idea of males as active and females as passive (did they actually have women back then - I know a lot of active females who would actively object to being described as passive) but I suspect there is something intrinsically male about God in a way that means He is not female.It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
Those kinds of scenarios can help us think through some things that we might not otherwise realize, so they can be fun - as long as they are done within certain limits, such as propriety.
“Muhammad My Friend”It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
If Jesus would have been born as a woman during the times of the Roman Empire no one would have listened to Him. I’m wondering if Jesus as a female would have been considered a sorceress by the Jews. To be honest, the outlook wouldn’t be very different; He would have been stoned to death or crucified (was crucifixion a punishment for men AND women?).It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
I think we’re all in agreement that she would be put to death. My money’s on stoning.
Really! If you go by *Leviticus *15:19-30, a menstruating woman was so unclean, she made everyone and everything around her unclean too. So a female Jesus would basically have to hide at least seven days out of the month. That being the case, she would have to preach for more than three years to make up for her lost days.
What a neat idea!Fourth…she and Mary Magdalene would have been BFFs.
And Mother Mary would have completed the trio of women in charge, making choices and deciding on everything together using heart, intuition, patience, and love.
The three would have traveled together as a team, with Joseph as their helper and guard, and the followers of course…and Christianity would have been structured from the get-go in a more female-focused way: female priests, female pope.
Ah-ha! Good point!
Remember that all of Creation prepared for the coming of the Messiah. Jesus couldn’t have been born a female because it would contradict the prophecies about him from both the Jewish and pagan worlds. Also, as DaddyGirl has said, the society in which Jesus was born into would have made females rather difficult to be listened on and followed. Just these two things would have made Jesus not be followed by anyone, imho.It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
God is neither masculine nor feminine. Jesus was a man because He was born into a patriarchal society which would have rejected a female Messiah:
jesuscentral.com/ji/life-of-jesus-modern/jesus-feminist.php
I’m pretty sure that Jewish and Roman law didn’t burn people at the stake for witchery.
Is there no truth in the expression “Cherchez la femme!”?
No, it’s not what the Church teaches. Jesus was like us “in all things but sin.” That doesn’t at all mean that he was deficient in testosterone…
And… just why would a sterile “daughter of God” have been a good thing?This says more about 21st-century notions of feminism than a reflection of how 1st century Palestinian women looked at the world. Are there any indications that a female incarnation of God would have been egalitarian in her approach? Or that “heart, intuition, patience and love” isn’t indicative of how Jesus thought and acted?
So, help me understand: How would a Jewish woman, whose priesthood under the Mosaic covenant was male, teach that not one letter of the law be abolished… but in the same breath, abolish the male priesthood? Just curious…
Wait – you’re claiming that the only way we use our bodies, in a “gender specific way”, is through procreation? So… in other words, a person who does not participate in the procreation of children has no gender?
Again… this makes for a nice feel-good statement, but projecting 21st-century attitudes on a time and culture that didn’t share these notions, just doesn’t hold water.
Then Christ(ina) would be the Bride and the Church would be the Groom?It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
Not to mention the entire structure of family and authority.It’s a question I’ve always thought about, because it’s quite fascinating. I think society at the time would’ve probably crucified her since traditionally, in certain situations, there hasn’t been much of a hesitation to put women to death. Handel’s Messiah would probably be different
If the Holy Spirit were a ‘mother’ – that is, if it were the mother of the son – then you might have a case. However, the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, not the Son who proceeds from the Father and the Holy Spirit…
Male and female is a symbolism in sacred scripture between God and creation. In sacramental matrimony, the male is as Christ and the female is as the Church. In this sense, all of us are female, and God is male (though God has no biological gender)
