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She still could have chosen to sin, just as Adam and Eve chose to. They, too, were created without the stain of sin, of course.

Then there is Enoch and Elijah, who were taken up bodily to heaven. It could be that they were created in a special way.
 
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The Immaculate Conception took away her tendency towards sin, ie she had no internal desire to sin herself. But she could still be tempted. And she still had the ability to decide to sin.

Did not Adam and Eve sin? Was that not a result of their free will. If they had a free will, so too did Mary.
 
For myself on my way home, our Blessed Mother was somewhat of a stumbling block. The main issue I had was praying the Hail Mary, the Hail Holy Queen and the Assumption and Coronation Mysteries in the Rosary.

Once I understood that praying to her, remember pray in the archaic sense of the word is to ask; wasn’t idolatrous; all my Marian problems went away and I took to our Blessed Mother naturally as my spiritual mother in heaven.

As for the Immaculate Conception, I really don’t have any problems with it.

Let’s think about it.

Would God the Father want His Son to be born through a sinful woman?

No. That wouldn’t make sense. The vessel of His Incarnation would logically have to be pure and sinless.

Thus, God preserved her from Original Sin.

Now, this doesn’t mean that Our Lady couldn’t sin if she willed. It only means that she wasn’t wounded with concupiscence that would blind and darken her intellect and constantly tug at her toward sin as it does you, me and anybody else but Jesus.

Here’s something else to think about that proves my point: Adam and Eve were born without Original Sin. Look what happened to them.
 
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If she had said no, how would her IC have been handled?
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NOT CHURCH TEACHING TO FOLLOW…
I am inclined to believe that the immaculate conception we know of, Mary’s conception, may not have been the only one. Im not so sure there couldn’t have been prior IC’s with the results being NO instead of Mary’s YES. Why else would God have waited so long to put his plan of the incarnation into play? Why cant we think it was in play much earlier but no one would cooperate with His grace?

…Just my thoughts…

Peace!!!
 
Maybe (also not Church teaching here) the way that God gathered and formed His people through the prophets was such an aid to her, that she believed in the promise so faithfully, that the Word already dwelt within her, even before He did physically, enabling her to say YES, it is time for salvation, God provides.
 
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Also, God gave us free will because He loves us. I can’t imagine Him creating anyone with the intention of forcing them to say yes to Him their whole life. Which we know Mary did.
 
Having been away from this thread for some time - Know that I continue to pray for all of us challenged to pursue Gods truth while keeping our eyes firmly on Christ, His cross and the promise of eternal life.

Marys’ Yes - was unambiguous and clear Luke 1:38 “… handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word…” With that assent the IC is inferred by implication as commented by Micheal16 earlier. I feel, to query how the IC would be handled if the answer was “no” is not knowable. All that is possible to our human understanding is just conjecture and speculation.
 
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