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To the contrary, it says she was a sinner.

It says no such thing. It never says that Mary is a sinner.

You haphazardly read general statements as absolutes.

47,564 posted on 04/21/2003 7:36:26 AM PDT by SoothingDave

To: SoothingDave

Mary herself so stated, and furthermore "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." The Bible makes no assertion that Mary was excluded from that group. It makes no assertion that she never sinned. Nor is it a requirement that she not have what you call "original sin".
Not understanding Judaism, you could hardly understand her status or what it meant. Your clergy obviously didn't know when they wrote this garbage about mary. Nor did they realize that the kind of manuever they ascribe to God would be a violation of his own laws. And that is blasphemy. Can your clergy do something without blaspheming God?

47,571 posted on 04/21/2003 7:42:53 AM PDT by Havoc (If you can't be frank all the time are you lying the rest of the time?)

To: SoothingDave; Havoc

It says no such thing. It never says that Mary is a sinner.

Does your Bible say "All have sinned"?

47,639 posted on 04/21/2003 8:55:17 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE ((I am a cult of one! UNITARJEWMIAN))

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