REAL debate thread for RELIGION

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Originally posted by Arien the Maia
ok, again from the Catechism "all men are implicated in Adam's sin as St. Paul affirms: 'By one man's disobediance many[ that is, all men] were made sinners':'sin came into the world through one man and death through one sin and so death spread to all men because men have sinned '(Rom 5:12,19). The Aposltle contrasts the universality of sin and death with the universality of salvation in Christ. 'Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.' "

Perhaps I'm being dense - are you saying this is the defn of Original sin? And if so, how is Mary exempt from it, since it says "all men"?