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To: Bryanw92
“where is the scripture that tells us that Mary will crush the serpent?”

I hate to even lend a little credence to that bizarre interpretation, but my guess is it is VERY loosely based on this:

Genesis 3:14–15 (NIV) So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “...I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

23 posted on 04/13/2012 5:06:15 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: Gil4

As my link explains, it isn’t really bizarre. The Hebrew pronoun is ambiguous as to gender, and the possible antecedents — grammatically, not theologically — are either feminine (”woman”) or neuter (”seed”), not masculine.


25 posted on 04/13/2012 5:11:41 PM PDT by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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To: Gil4
it's actually the simplest, most literal interpretation -- about as "scriptural" as one can get.

but don't let reality upset your apple-cart of prejudice!

32 posted on 04/13/2012 5:25:35 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (I think in about 5 - no, 4 - years I'll have had enough.)
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