Like I already told Havoc, this is taking a general and trying to make it an absolute.
Do you guys honestly believe that absolutely everyone has sinned?
What about children, the mentally retarded, etc.? Have they sinned?
SD
What about children, the mentally retarded, etc.? Have they sinned?
Yes!
Rom: 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
This is one of many many places that would be a good opportunity for the Holy Spirit to exclude Mary if there was any truth to the claim.
What about them. Paul was not selective. All have sinned - all. There is only one exception and he's the reason any of us has a chance. What you are doing now is giving ear to the devil - 'if you eat of the fruit you shall not surely die..' Logic games do not get you around this. How many times in the last several hours have you called an Apostle or the Lord to the mat for what they have said now. I'm losing track. You're supposed to be the keeper of their teachings that does not sway from what they taught. Who here do you suppose believes that at this point?