I have problems with two extremes views of Mary. One is the view that Mary was no more than a vessell an incubator or some kind of broody virgin. This view is usually not held even by Protestants who do not believe in her perpetual Virginity. The other view is of those who turn her into a pagan goddess and see in her the Great Mother or some kind of feminine aspect of the Godhead. Both insult her and God.
But of the two the latter is more dangerous because one usually only comes to believe this after rejecting the Truth of Christ and reducing him to some kind of demi god or ascended master or all around great bloke. You don’t reach heresy about Mary without first reaching heresy about Christ.
Most Protestants do see Mary between those extremes. They can not be accused of heresy in this regard and indeed have not fallen into error about Christ. They may be mistaken but not I think at cost to their souls. The labyrinth walking, solstice celebrating, raisin cake, Ishtar is Mary is Great Mother is Divine Feminine crowd well need some asbestos jump suits come judgement day.
I’m blessed that you can see realities on all sides.
God’s best to you and yours.
I have never known of a Catholic who entertained that kind of sentiment except for the cult that was excommunicated recently.
To be fair, I feel that incubator was only “part” of her role. I consider her a saint like all believers.
I separate creation, as to how I respect it, into two groups:
1. Man
2. Everything else. AKA Natural resource.
I separate man, as to how I respect individual men, into two groups:
1. Jesus
2. Everyone else.