Immaculate conception?

Question

Was Joey boy the most gullible man on the planet or what???

And if you don't think so..... I just need a quick word with your daughters!!! (legal age only please, I have enough problems with the spelling police on here without fuc king around with the real ones).

Oy.. Yahoo, you didn't post this question.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjxaqkfIs28SNlnKnfrKCPUgBgx.?qid=20061206104240AAF1jTy

Either place my questions or give me back my 5 points you thieving shitehawks

Fuc king hell Yahoo, first you don't post my other question, then you don't give back my five points, then you remove the question..... make your fuc king mind up!!!

:-)

Answer 1

My mum and dad never had sex either....urgh....

Answer 2

To ldsdevildog: Good answer. Are you Catholic or LDS?

To Tomoyo: Your question is a very common one, even many Catholics misunderstand. According to Catholic doctrine "The Immaculate Conception" refers to the conception of Mary by her parents Anne and Joachim. "The Nativity of Mary" is Mary's birth. Catholics say that the Immaculate Conception was December 8th and the Nativity of Mary was September 8th. Not sure how these dates were chosen.

The Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was with child. This is called "The Annunciation" and is celebrated in March.

To sum up - The Immaculate Conception was the conception of Mary. The Annunciation was when the angel visited Mary and announced to her that she would give birth to Jesus. We Catholics do not use the term conception to refer to Jesus.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

to ldsdevildog: What does the Nativity of mary differ from the other? how are these dates chosen?

I am confused, both dates would not sum up to Mary giving birth on December 25 (besides the fact Jesus was not born on this date)...Im honestly asking because I really dont understand.

Answer 4

Joey boy, as you call him, may have been gullible, but it was not over the concept of immaculate conception.

Immaculate conception and virgin birth are NOT the same thing.

Immaculate conception refers to the belief that Mary was born without original sin, unlike the rest of humanity...thus making her an appropriate vessel to give birth to Jesus.

It's all tripe, but let's at least be correct in the terminology.

Answer 5

The Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic dogma that asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was preserved by God from the stain of original sin at the time of her own conception. Specifically, the dogma says she was not afflicted by the lack of sanctifying grace that afflicts humankind, but was instead filled with grace by God, and furthermore lived a life completely free from sin. It is commonly confused with the doctrine of the incarnation and virgin birth, though the two deal with separate subjects. According to the dogma, Mary was conceived by normal biological means, but her soul was acted upon by God (kept "immaculate") at the time of her conception.

The Immaculate Conception was solemnly defined as a dogma by Pope Pius IX in his constitution Ineffabilis Deus, published December 8, 1854 (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception), and consecrated by Pope Pius XII in 1942.

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary had been established in 1476 by Pope Sixtus IV who stopped short of defining the doctrine as a dogma of the Catholic Faith, thus giving Catholics freedom to believe in this or not; this freedom had been reiterated by the Council of Trent. The existence of the feast was a strong indication of the Church's belief in the Immaculate Conception, even before its 19th century definition as a dogma.

The Catholic Church believes the dogma is supported by scripture (e.g. her being greeted by Angel Gabriel as "full of Grace"), as well as either directly or indirectly by the writings of many of the Church Fathers, and often calls Mary the Blessed Virgin (Luke 1:48). Catholic theology maintains that since Jesus became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, she needed to be completely free of sin to bear the Son of God, and that Mary is "redeemed 'by the grace of Christ' but in a more perfect manner than other human beings" (Ott, Fund., Bk 3, Pt. 3, Ch. 2, §3.1.e).

In the Catholic Church, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December is generally a Holy Day of Obligation, and a public holiday in countries where Catholicism is predominant. Prior to the spread of this doctrine, December 8 was celebrated as the Conception of Mary, since September 8 is the Feast of the Nativity of Mary.

Now give me the best answer.

Answer 6

Joseph was the father of Mary's baby. The Bible version of her being a virgin has been misunderstood. A virgin birth doesn't mean she was a virgin, just that it was the first birthing process she'd gone through. The baby was chosen by God, but the father could have been none other than Joseph.

Answer 7

The immaculate conception refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary's sinless conception in her mother's womb.

Please get your theology straight before you post more inane comments.

Answer 8

god impregnated mary
mary slept with joe
everywhere that mary went
god waqs sure to go
he followed her to bethlehem
it was a mortal sin
till magalene came on the scene
and had joseph drinking gin
god joined in with mary
they all got stinking drunk
god seduced young magdelene
on the bottom bunk
mary had young joe on top
to her he said, no danger
in nine months time
she said to him
your baby's in the manger

Answer 9

If your God whom you beleive in,(Joseph was a devoute Jew) and you had been brought up to know acknoledge and respect, when he sent to you an Angel, and he told you about what was happening,you would believe too.

Answer 10

Gullibility is a trait of christianity.

Answer 11

the term 'immaculate conception' does not refer to the virgin birth of jeebus.

The doctrine of 'Immaculate conception' is that the *Virgin Mary* was conceived free from all stain of original sin.

If you're going to agrue with god-botherers, it helps to know what the hell you are talking about