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. 😟