The Catholics will say Mary deserves Heaven, because she was sinless.
Being without blame is not the same as sinless. If one is without blame, there is no LAW against which that person can be blamed. But that is not the same as sinless. We all carry the sin of Adam.
“For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”
13 whole comments before the gratuitous anti-Catholic post. Completely unrelated to the OP. Where are the Arminians to refute the Calvinist doctrine which IS the thrust of the OP?
Let's have something different that the same old same old.
Clue: If you believe that accepting Jesus as personal Savior is how salvation is effected, then you are an Arminian. As I understand it, Calvinists do not believe that.