So a divine baby is more subject to contamination by sin through osmosis than a human baby?
What kind of weak, impotent god do Catholics serve?
>> So a divine baby is more subject to contamination by sin through osmosis than a human baby? <<
ONCE AGAIN: THE ISSUE IS NOT CONTAMINATION. There is no sin in traipsing mud through a dorm room; there is sin in traipsing mud through the Temple. Likewise, Mary’s parents couldn’t sacrilege HER, because she was only a (very blessed, special) human. No need for her parents to be immaculate.
The argument that Immaculate Conception was necessary for Christ to have been sinless is not Scriptural. God is not bound by man’s infirmity, and the assuredly Divine, God-breathed scriptures came thru holy but imperfect souls who were sinners. As for Tradition, most Orthodox, based on Tradition, reject the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (IM) as unnecessary.
Mary was holy and was graced, the latter as are those who are “accepted (same word rendered “full of grace” by Rome) in the Beloved.” (Eph. 1:6)
The doctrine of the IM is part of the unScriptural exaltation of Mary, thinking of humans above which is written (1Cor. 4:6) in which she is made an heavenly object of prayer, and dispense of all grace. Etc.