[joshgrib]

It seems like the angel tells her in Luke 1:31 that it's happening whether she wants it to or not

> "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus"

It's nice that she accepts it afterwards, but that's definitely not how consent works, and it doesn't seem like she was given any other option

Edit: I saw your other comment saying "there's other evidence of god respecting free will and he probably would have been fine with it if she didn't want to". The bible is full of contradictions so there may be evidence of a respect for free will somewhere else, but this specific story seems to contradict that

[gjsman-1000]

There's a difference between prediction and commanding.

It's like when a father tells his daughter she'll get married and have three sweet little children. That doesn't mean it's immediately set in stone and she's forced to.

[joshgrib]

I can agree with that, but as far as we see in the text it is a command - she's never told she has another option and we as the readers aren't given any indication that she thinks there is. I get that there's a charitable interpretation here if you look for it but I'm trying to just go based on what it says in the book

[krapp]

At least we can all agree YHWH was a bit more more polite about it than, say, Zeus would have been.