Claim. True Mother had to be selected as a teenage girl with minimal family connections — eighteen years old or younger, no elder brother, no father present — because Eve’s position fell while still in adolescence and indemnity requires structural parallel.
Elaboration. SMM specifies the age constraint as principled, not arbitrary: “Mother had to be less than 20 years of age. Why was that? It was because Adam and Eve fell when they were teenagers; they were younger than 20 years old. Since they fell at that age, Mother had to be of a similar age” (2.2. Selecting True Mother, 145-161, 1986.5.1). The familial-isolation criterion parallels Eve’s situation: “As Eve was created through Adam, Mother had to come from a position where she did not know anything. She was not supposed to have many relatives… She had no elder brother or father. There were just the two of them, mother and daughter” (ibid, 184-293, 1989.1.1). A seven-year indemnity period followed the 1960 wedding before the establishment of God’s Day in 1968 (ibid, 139-296, 1986.1.31; 139-311, 1986.1.31). The selection criteria are derived from the indemnity formula, not from social preference.
See also. true-parents, indemnity