[WrightWings]

So --- aren't we really arguing semantics here?

I mean, seriously, you believe Jesus was not of man (I do too) and therefore he could *NOT* sin.

I believe that Jesus was born in a "human-way" of a woman, and that she was Pre-Forgiven her sins by God Himself.

Are we really that far off that we must loathe one another? Maybe the Truth is somewhere in-between? (or not?).

How are we to know -- really???

[MHGinTN]

In my humble opinion, OUR best route is to not elevate the Blessed Mother of Jesus to a status beyond what God has given us to know by trusting His Word.

Forgive me, but I must go a bit further. A mother exists before her offspring. Mary existed before the human body of Jesus, so she can absolutely be called the blessed Mother of the Human Being of Jesus. She did not exist before the God nature of Jesus, so she is not the Mother of God.

[metmom]

How are we to know -- really???

Scripture. That's how.

Sin entered the world through the man. The sin nature is inherited through the father, which is why Jesus could have a sinless nature even though He was born from a sinful human mother.