[pgyanke]

Could it be said that a belief in Mary being sinless is a belief in Predestination? She was born sinless and was going to be the mother of Jesus Christ no matter what? No free will whatsoever? Free will is, however, a tenet of the church espousing the sinlessness of Mary. Sounds like internally inconsistent theology to me, surprisingly poorly thought out.

After 2000 years and such great thinkers as St Thomas Aquinas, St Augustine, et al, RegulatorCountry has finally found the flaw in the Church's thinking. Or maybe... just maybe... more study is called for. By your rationale there is no such thing as free will. In which case, God wanted us to fall. There is no sin...

Check your assumptions.

[RegulatorCountry]

... and check your Assumptions as well. 1854, 160 years. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine et al had nothing to do with it. It’s a Roman novelty with which even the Orthodox take issue.