To: annalex; blue-duncan; HarleyD; xzins; Forest Keeper; wmfights; TomSmedley; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; ..
You may infer that she also experienced the pains of chidlbirth, although that is not stated int he scripture. None of that points to personal sin, -- that is sin committed by the will of the sinner, -- or to subsequent sexual activity. We are told that all men sin, and nothing in Scripture, absolutely nothing, exempts Mary from the rest of the human race. She needed as savior as much as you and I.
The latter part of your statement, "or to subsequent sexual activity," points to the reason so many RCs have so much guilt and anger and confusion over God's gift of a healthy, marriage-sanctified sexuality.
373 posted on
12/06/2006 9:38:46 AM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
She needed as savior as much as you and I. Another example of egalitarianism. No one is more righteous or more wicked than anyone else, except Christ. We're all the same. It is a theological communism akin to Animal Farm.
-A8
381 posted on
12/06/2006 9:46:08 AM PST by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan; HarleyD; xzins; Forest Keeper; wmfights; TomSmedley; Gamecock; ...
so many RCs have so much guilt and anger and confusion over God's gift of a healthy, marriage-sanctified sexuality It is wrong if they do. Mary was perpetually a virgin because of the same reason we enjoy marital sex: proximity to God.
398 posted on
12/06/2006 10:15:42 AM PST by
annalex
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