Most theologians agree that Mary (Jesus's mom) had free will -- which is pretty cool. But think about it: Wasn't it pretty gosh darn risky for God to give Mary free will? I mean, look at Adam and Eve for example. God clearly was surprised and disgusted with what they did with it, right? And how about all those people who were living in Noah's day? Much to God's dismay and revulsion, they turned out all kinds of wrong.
So, when God's giving folks free will, there's always going to be some risk involved. But did He really roll the dice with Mary as it would appear? I'm not so sure. Look, when there's uncertainty, what do you do? You pray, right? Sure! And God can pray, which I'm virtually positive He did with Mary. And what are the chances that His prayers are going to go unanswered? I think we can all agree that Mary was never ever in danger of going all full-whore, evil bitch. Not even close.
P.S. Giving Judas free will was a gamble too. Maybe even an irresponsible one. Had Judas ended up being a solid dude, he wouldn't have jacked his friend over -- and there would have been no crucifixion, no Jesus dying for our sins. And then guess what? We all burn in hell forever, regardless. 😟
