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The Immaculate Conception does not refer to the Virgin birth. Nor does it refer to Jesus. According to the Catholic Church the Immaculate Conception is another name they give to Mary who is Jesus' mother.
They believe that Mary was conceived without a sinful Human Nature. She had to be in order to be able to carry the sinless son of God. Therefore the Catholic Church gave her the name of the Immaculate Conception. It is a common misunderstanding that even many Catholics are not aware of.
For easy reference go and watch the film called " the song of Bernadette". It stars Jennifer Jones and was made in the 1940s I believe. It is based on the true story of a young girl named Bernadette who apparently saw many visions of Mary.
If you don't believe me go and do the research. And by the way, I was born a Catholic but I no longer believe that Mary had a sinless human nature. It just doesn't make sense. If she was sinless then didn't her mother have to be sinless in order to give birth to a sinless Mary.? And if her mother's mother was also sinless then her mother would have to be sinless as well. And back generation after generation. And none of this is in the Bible!
Therefore I have come to believe that there was only one sinless human being on this Earth. And that was Jesus Christ who gave his innocent and sinless life on the cross in order to be the sacrifice for the sins of the rest of us. Especially and including a very sinful me.
Thank you for stopping in.
Sincerely, Laura Lee.
Tap on the video below to watch a version of the movie the song of Bernadette from YouTube. Hopefully this will give you a better understanding of what I am saying. Plus it is a very interesting and well-made Academy award-winning film.
