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To: jo kus; bornacatholic; annalex; Kolokotronis; Agrarian
Then you believe that Mary did not die?

My point is that the original Eve would not have died had she not sinned. Correct? If Mary was in every way as Eve was, except -- unlike Eve -- she did not sin, then she should not have died. Correct?

1,045 posted on 12/11/2006 7:24:18 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
My point is that the original Eve would not have died had she not sinned. Correct? If Mary was in every way as Eve was, except -- unlike Eve -- she did not sin, then she should not have died. Correct?

That is why I asked you. IF Mary experienced no effects of sin (childbirth pains), then she didn't die. You seem to contradict yourself by saying that Mary experienced no labor pains AND that she died.

Personally, I believe Mary experienced both death and labor pains - but not because she sinned. Sin has entered the world, and ALL men are subject to its after effects. Thus, Jesus worked and sweated, "toiling the earth", so to speak - and Mary probably also underwent labor pains...The world changed as a result of sin. But this doesn't mean that Mary HERSELF was punished. It merely means she existed in a sin-filled world.

Regards

1,047 posted on 12/11/2006 7:38:18 AM PST by jo kus (Humility is present when one debases oneself without being obliged to do so- St.Chrysostom; Phil 2:8)
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