But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. It was bracing language for an 8-year-old. Not only was I unclean, but even my best attempt at goodness was filthy.
It's a common misconception (no pun intended) that "Immaculate Conception" refers to the Roman Catholic teaching that the Virgin Mary conceived Jesus without having sex. But that belief is known as the Virgin Birth of Jesus. "The Virgin Birth refers to Jesus being born of a woman who was a virgin," the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, told HuffPost. "His birth is miraculous because Mary conceived a child without having sexual relations with a man."
Naomi Biden condemned the upcoming book "Original Sin" by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson as "political fairy smut" and "uninspired lies" that misrepresent her grandfather.
