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>> One example is that apostles were bi-located to her bedside as the Blessed Virgin Mary died.<<

And that “example” was written about 600 years after Christ ascended into heaven right? It was in 423 that they declared her to be "the mother of God" to placate the local pagans in Ephesus. The whole Mariology thing is build on hearsay. Not one eyewitness account and not one of the Apostles even mention her after the ascention.

24 posted on 12/05/2011 4:10:28 PM PST by CynicalBear
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It was in 423 that they declared her to be "the mother of God" to placate the local pagans in Ephesus.

Funny you should say that. Unitarians and Jews say that 423 (it was actually 431, BTW) was only about 100 years after they declared her son to be "God incarnate, of one substance with the Father" to placate the local pagans at Nicaea.

No difference between your myth and theirs, really. People who deny that Mary is the Mother of God deny the hypostatic union, and if they do that, they deny either the humanity or the divinity of Jesus. Always. Without exception.

I'd rather be a Christian, thank you just the same.

31 posted on 12/05/2011 9:13:59 PM PST by Campion ("It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins." -- Franklin)
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