Really? Where does God's word say Mary is "no different?"
All this fuss about Mary being "special" sounds awfully Catholic to me.
It is from Matt 12:46-50 and was quoted in post 100. Jesus says his mother is the same as all people who do God’s will in the Kingdom of God. The difference between Catholics and Protestants is Protestants like Christ put all people as brothers and sisters equal in the eyes of God. While Catholics create this hierarchy that Mary is the greatest person ever, followed by saints and popes, and eventually we get down to the peons who are unimportant and who God would never listen to without the help of Mary or some great saint.