Re: Making money from Java

Chuck Stevens wrote:
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> "Richard" <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> If original sin there be, I think he bore its stain;
> >
> > Excuse me, but then what is the point of the so-called 'immaculate
> > conception'. Either Mary was sinless so that Jesus could be without
> > original sin or he was the target of the immaculate conception so he
> > was without sin regardless of Mary's situation.
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> The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is purely and solely about
> *Mary's* conception. Jesus' *conception* was immaculate in the "human"
> sense because it occurred through the actions of the Holy Spirit, and not
> Joseph. The defense of Mary being sinless through life was so that she
> would be indisputably worthy of being the Mother of God.

Jeses had brothers and at least two sisters. Does this bear on Mary's
sinlessness?

PL
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