Quote:Yet Christians can't justify why Mary, mother of Jesus, herself was preserved from original sin.
Actually,I think the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is only found within that broad collection of refined ignorance and idiocy called 'Catholicism'. The logic is perfectly sensible ;Viz: Jesus is the son of god,therefore his mother would be completely without sin.
It was questioning the innately unjust nature of the doctrine of original sin which began my long journey to atheism.
Quote:The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic doctrine, the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain ("immacula" in Latin) of original sin. It is one of the four dogmas in Roman Catholic Mariology. Under this aspect Mary is sometimes called the Immaculata (the Immaculate One), particularly in artistic contexts.
The dogma states that, from the first moment of her existence, Mary was preserved by God from the lack of sanctifying grace that afflicts mankind and that she was instead filled with divine grace. It is further said by Catholics that she lived a life completely free from sin.[1] Belief in Mary's immaculate conception in the womb of her mother, through sexual intercourse, should not be confused with the doctrines of the virginal conception of her son Jesus, known as the Annunciation and the Virgin Birth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
