Yeah, it's an odd little bit of dogma. As I've had it explained to me, the mother of Jesus had to be perfect. But humans are born imperfect because of Original Sin. So Mary had to be born without it, so she had to be conceived immaculately.
OK, so maybe explained was a bit too strong a term...
Pretty weird alright. Just like everything else about her. Like her.
What a cipher she is. She does nothing in the Bible besides hatch the Jesus egg; says 0, in every religious painting she never has any real expression except adoration or concern -- she's the original Stepford Wife; Walt Disney's "The Virgin Mary"; a barely-animated cartoon, yet she's idolized.
Ooo, the Virgin Mary: the only gal to ever get knocked up without so much as a howdoyado; neat trick, Martha, do you do weddings and
bar mitzvahs?
Then the whole "sex is bad unless it's between man and wife for procreation and even then it's still pretty bad so just get it over with eh quick and let's never talk about it again" 'tude... seems crowned and cued by her. (thxxx, Mayr)
So 2000 years later our mary-luvin' xtians feel obliged to remind everyone who's enjoying sex that they really shouldn't be, especially gays -- "gay" = "happy" sex? -- whose masculine convections have the poor VM so confused she's taken to haunting grilled cheese sandwiches.
And another thing, where's that asshat tag for when someone goes off on another pointless anti-religious rant anyways? Sheesh! Ahh, never mind, what we
really need now is a nice glow-in-the-dark ball gag, racing saddle, 1 lb. licorice and a time machine; to reset a few priorities. FSM, the FlyingSpaghettiMary, now there's an icon! (pretty hot screensaver, too.)
