2006-12-21 09:32:04 · 41 answers · asked by kevinhoegle 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, she wasn't perfect, she just found favor in God's eyes. Basically, she was a woman who tried her best to please God. The only perfect human was Jesus himself when he came to earth.
2006-12-21 09:35:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm afraid you are only going to get opinions mostly stemming from the various religious organizational stances. To know the truth you'd either had to have actually Known Mary mother of Jesus or have a mystical experience and have God tell you one way or another.
In the end these still are still just opinions based off of your experiences. This begs the question of how reliable are your experiences. In time the memory fades and creativitys are inserted. This obviously could be a whole other question that could more easily than not be turned into a book.
With that said the answer is nobody knows yet many will proclaim. Believe what you want or hold off judgment and be agnostic about it. That would seem to be a more objective stance.
Or if you really have a mystical experience go with that instead. In the end it'll all work out no matter what we believe. The process will continue and the perceived answers with come as the may.
2006-12-21 09:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by Love of Truth 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Be advised, if someone says, "imacatholic1 or 2", watch out. They would want the world to believe they have all the answers.
Mary was not perfect. However, she was a holy woman. She was visited by the angers because of God being pleased with her. However, the angels visited her in a dream. The catholics would want you to believe the angels met Mary at the mall or local coffee shop.
Talking about lost souls; the catholics take the cake.
2006-12-21 17:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by imacatlick2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics believe in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
When the angel Gabriel called Mary, "Full of grace," Mary was already full of grace.
When the angel Gabriel said, "The Lord is with you," the Lord was already with her.
The Blessed Virgin Mary was in a state of grace before she says "yes" to the angel's question and before the Holy Spirit came upon her for a different purpose.
When did Mary's state of grace begin?
Catholics believe this state of grace was with Mary since her Immaculate Conception. This means that Mary was conceived in the normal way (not like Jesus) but that she did not inherit original sin.
God prepared her for her later role as the mother of Jesus.
Catholics celebrate this miracle on December 8 as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
With love in Christ.
2006-12-21 17:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary. According to it, when she was just out of diapers her parents took her to live in the temple so that she could live a life without reproach and of absolute purity so that none would question that it was the will of God that she conceive...
This Gospel is part of the Apocrypha, which is a body of writings which were excluded from the Bible (both Old and New Testament) over time and by various Councils.
2006-12-21 09:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
She was a human young woman... she was not perfect, or without sin. She WAS without carnal knowledge of a man, though. She was honored by Jehovah God to carry the human form of His Son because she was devout, and had the qualities to raise Jesus as Jehovah intended for him to be raised until adulthood.
2006-12-21 09:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics think she was without sin, but this is not from the Bible.
The Bible says we are all sinful, since we are all descended from Adam and Eve and they Fell.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15, 21-22
2006-12-21 09:36:19 · answer #7 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Only Jesus was perfect, Mary was a human born a sinner. There is no exception for her being a sinner in the Bible.
2006-12-21 09:36:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dear Kevin,
Look in Luke 1:46-48. Mary proclaims that she is rejoicing in God her Savior (Jesus). Only sinners need a Savior. Thereofore, Mary was a humble servant of God who needed a Savior as well as the rest of us.
2006-12-21 09:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no biblical reason to believe she was without sin, or perfect.
Men's traditions, however, have elevated her status, and some even claim her to be a co-redemptrix with Jesus. (Kind of like a kind-hearted mom who intercedes for you with the mean ol' God.)
But the Bible is clear as to who is the mediator, and it isn't Mary. As it is written: "There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings-a human, Christ Jesus." (I Timothy 2:5)
And the Bible is clear as to who was without sin, and it isn't Mary: "Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us continue to hold on to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Hebrews 4:14-15)
2006-12-21 09:37:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Catholics will try to say yes. That, however would be incorrect. The Bible says nothing of the sort. They will also try to say that Mary was eternally virgin. That is also a lie. Jesus had brothers and sisters from Joseph, and Mary did not have multiple 'immaculate conceptions'.
2006-12-21 09:35:08 · answer #11 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋