Nope. She's human, but without sin. This whole can of worms sets up blasphemous attacks on Catholic beliefs, but also those of the Eastern Orthodox, who hold the same belief.
Thats why i said “semi-divine”. I think describing a woman utterly free of sin as “semi-divine” is reasonable. And why the case of the vapors about potential “blasphemous attacks”? I couldn’t have been more respectful in the way i wrote that comment. I specifically said i was NOT insulting whatever belief Catholics hold about Mary. Anyone using MY words as a starting place to attack catholics is a moron.
At best, i insult the guys 650 years later, thinking about things no decent man would ever think to worry about.
“Nope. She’s human, but without sin. This whole can of worms sets up blasphemous attacks on Catholic beliefs, but also those of the Eastern Orthodox, who hold the same belief.”
You deny Mary is divine, but then contend that questions about her constitute blasphemy. Blasphemy is criticism of a faith’s beliefs about divinity so criticisms or questions about Mary should not be considered blasphemy unless you consider Mary divine. I’m confused.
How can you say she is without sin when the Bible contradicts that? I am asking this question sincerely and without malice.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
The only person born who was without sin was Jesus himself. Mary was not without sin any more than you or I ("all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"). She needed a savior as much as we do. Though she may have lived a life of purity and holiness according to the Law, the Law could not save us from sin.
This whole can of worms sets up blasphemous attacks on Catholic beliefs....
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Which was, no doubt, the poster’s intent in starting this thread.
Actually it's an attack on the Koran...What does that mean that you guys side with the muzlims and their Koran and NOT with the God breathed scriptures???