2007-08-15 00:25:21 · 7 answers · asked by Why? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Immaculate Conception refers to the fact that there was no defilement by the union of two sexual beings in a physical sense. Being that God has no physical body, there is no need to use this route for impregnating Mary. Immaculate can also mean perfect and thus this was referred to as the perfect union. Immaculate is also referred to as the opposite of consumate, or a meeting of two flesh, and thus simply a definition for what took place.
As to the gender of God, this has been debated for centuries and will probably never really be resolved as most people simply relate to God as a male due to social and cultural aspects that we still have not let go of. In reality as god created both male and female it can be argued that "he" is in fact also a "she". Not in a physical sense as in we have to look check god's bvd's for a clue, but simply the fact that God is able to possess and portray aspects fo "Himself" that we see as gender specific. For example, if we were too speak of the gentle, caring and relational aspects, one might assume we were speaking of a female entity. But if we were to speak of the wrath, anger, might, strength, or awesome power, then one might assume we mean the male aspect. But in reality, it is only us humans that insist on trying to fit God into some neat little package that we think we can understand. It is our finite brains that have to put God in a bubble in order for us to be ale to say how we do or do not relate to Him. From a historical perspective, due to the cultural aspects of the time surrounding when Jesus came, we have a very male focused perception of what took place, but we have to remember that these events, while God inspired are still represented through man and therefore inherently faulty.
Yes I did just say that there may be falsities in the bible, after all it was men that wrote it. And it was a panel of men that decided which books went into it and which books did not. The fact of the matter is that there were a number of God inspired books that were up for nomination and didn't make it, some of these offering some great insight into other aspects of God that we in mainstream christianity don't explore. Personally I believe that too many people see the bible and ultimately christitanity as way too finite. The moment we start to put limitations on what can and cannot be God, we deny ourselves the ability to see past our own paradigms and therefore blind ourselves to the possible truths. Don't get me wrong, there are definiteve truths that do not change, but most people simply miss the point.
2007-08-15 00:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by The Wonder of It all 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Immaculate Conception is St. Anne's conception of Mary without sin. got it? I hope so.
2007-08-15 07:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Perceptive 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is both masculine and feminine.
If you want to debase it, Mary had sex with an earthworm.
God doesn't need anyone else to create, Mary was basically an earthbound petri dish.
2007-08-15 07:45:51 · answer #3 · answered by taliswoman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is not exactly male, neither is he female, what he is actually is non existent.
however. "immaculate conception" is most likely the result of semen penetrating a woman's vagina without actual penetration, usually when semen is disposed next to the vagina and manages to slide in.
2007-08-15 07:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well look in the teensection in parenting... loads of teenagers get pregnant withtou doing proper sex
2007-08-15 07:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by Joey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you are thinking of the virgin birth. completely different bafflegab.
2007-08-15 07:52:38 · answer #6 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i like this question.
waiting for answers people!!!
2007-08-15 07:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by lenmac71 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋