[Some hope remaining.]

No Mary, no human nature for Christ. No human nature for Christ, no death on the cross. No death, no resurrection. No resurrection, no salvation. Without Mary, we are still in our sins.

And of course without Mary's parents there would have been no Mary and therefore no Christ. And without her grandparents, there would have been no parents. And don't forget Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And without Adam and Eve there would have been no Abraham. And of course without the dust of the earth there would have been no Adam.

Ok, it's not my intention to bash. I just don't find this particular part of his argument to be very compelling.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

His point is that Mary said "Yes" to God. She could have said no. She risked her reputation and her life to do as God requested. It was a time when illegitimate mothers were stoned to death and her betrothed, Joseph, planned to quietly divorce her because he knew he was not the father. That is until he received divine message in a dream, and the rest is history.

[PatGoltz]

No Mary, no human nature for Christ. No human nature for Christ, no death on the cross. No death, no resurrection. No resurrection, no salvation. Without Mary, we are still in our sins. "And of course without Mary's parents there would have been no Mary and therefore no Christ, etc." To put it bluntly, if Mary had been unsuitable, God would simply have chosen someone else. Mary was suitable by the grace of the Holy Spirit alone. She plays no role other than having been the mother of Jesus.