re what was the immaculate conception in article may athos rutgers edu seanna bnr ca seanna s m watson writes in article may athos rutgers edu jhpb sarto budd lake nj us joseph h buehler writes referring to mary she was immaculately conceived and so never subject to original sin but also never committed a personal sin in her whole life this was possible because of the special degree of grace granted to her by god skipping i don t particularly object to the idea of the assumption or the perpetual virginity both of which i regard as catholic dogma about which i will agree to disagree with my catholic brothers and sisters in christ and i even believe in the virgin birth of jesus but this concept of mary s sinlessness seems to me to be at odds with the rest of christian doctrine as i understand it the catholic church has an entirely different view of mary than do most other christian churches those with parallel beliefs notwithstanding christ by most accounts is the only sinless person to ever live i too have trouble with a sinless mary concept just as for the related issue of the original sin only adam and eve will answer for that one my children do not answer for my sins certainly i only answer for mine larry autry silicon graphics st louis autry sgi com
