How Can Mary Hear Thousands Simultaneously?

Tim Staples' Blog ^ | October 31, 2013 | Tim Staples

[Elsie]

Even though there are MANY prayers offered...

Nice word: many.

But, just HOW many are we talking about?

WIKI reports Catholicism - 1.2 billion members.

If only 10% of them try to tug on Mary's apron, to get her to relay a message to Jesus once a day; that means that 120,000,000 folks are bothering her daily.

That's 5,000,000 an hour - 83,333 a minute - and 1388 a SECOND!

But, perhaps only 1% of Catholics are praying; you say?

Well; that still is 138 a second - quite a SUPER human feat if you AIN'T possessing GOD-like powers.

[Elsie]

Praise God that He knows what is happening all over the world.

Absolutely true!

Therefore...

...Mary's help is NOT 'needed' at all!

[Elsie]

We ask Mary to pray for us. We do not pray TO Mary to do anything requiring godlike powers. If the saints can hear us pray - why not pray to the one closest to Christ?

Indeed!

But why all the message passing anyway.

Pray to CHRIST as the BOOK instructs!

[Elsie]

... and not their own, but rather those of the Saints the knowledge...

Is this a religion forum?

Can I say

BULL!

here?

[Dr. Sivana]

Well; that still is 138 a second - quite a SUPER human feat if you AIN'T possessing GOD-like powers.

Still, it ain't omniscient. Our own brains and bodies are performing billions of processes a second, most of them we are not even aware of. Only God is omniscient, but he can provide Grace to those he choose, and Our Lady is full of Grace. Angels can handle it by their nature, God can elevate the nature of man.

[Elsie]

The rising smoke of incense is a visible sign of prayers
ascending to God, so they are obviously actual prayers,
and not their own, but rather those of the Saints the knowledge
of which they have come to know:

 

 

I can see where the MORMONs got it from!!

 

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"He (Joseph Smith) is the man through whom God has spoken... yet I would not like to call him a savior, though in a certain capacity he was a god to us, and is to the nations of the earth, and will continue to be."

- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:321

 

 

 

 

"You call us fools; but the day will be, gentlemen and ladies, whether you belong to this Church or not, when you will prize brother Joseph Smith as the Prophet of the Living God, and look upon him as a god..."

- Herber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 5:88

 

 

 

 

"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"

- (as quoted in 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142)

There is "no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"

- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190

 

 

 

 

"I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God; and there are many of them beside him. I tell you, if we get past those who have mingled with us, and know us best, and have a right to know us best, probably we can pass all other sentinels as far as it is necessary, or as far as we may desire. But I tell you, the pinch will be with those that have mingled with us, stood next to us, weighed our spirits, tried us, and proven us: there will be a pinch, in my view, to get past them. The others, perhaps, will say, If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. If it is all right with him, it is all right with me. Then if Joseph shall say to a man, or if brother Brigham say to a man, I forgive you your sins, "Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them;" if you who have suffered and felt the weight of transgression—if you have generosity enough to forgive the sinner, I will forgive him: you cannot have more generosity than I have. I have given you power to forgive sins, and when the Lord gives a gift, he does not take it back again."

- Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155

 

 

 

 

"It is because the Lord called Joseph Smith that salvation is again available to mortal men.... If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation,"

- Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 396, 670

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They succeeded in killing Joseph, but he had finished his work.

He was a servant of God, and gave us the Book of Mormon.

He said the Bible was right in the main, but, through the translators and others, many precious portions were suppressed, and several other portions were wrongly translated; and now his testimony is in force, for he has sealed it with his blood.

As I have frequently told them, no man in this dispensation will enter the courts of heaven, without the approbation of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun.

Who has made this so?

Have I?

Have this people?

Have the world?

No; but the Lord Jehovah has decreed it.

If I ever pass into the heavenly courts, it will be by the consent of the Prophet Joseph.

If you ever pass through the gates into the Holy City, you will do so upon his certificate that you are worthy to pass.

Can you pass without his inspection?

No; neither can any person in this dispensation, which is the dispensation of the fulness of times.

In this generation, and in all the generations that are to come, everyone will have to undergo the scrutiny of this Prophet.

They say that they killed Joseph, and they will yet come with their hats under their arms and bend to him; but what good will it do them, unless they repent?

They can come in a certain way and find favor, but will they?

Brigham Young,

--JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, vol. 8, p. 224

[Elsie]

Again, you go beyond what is in the text.

 

 

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Welcome to Catholicism 101

 

While we are waiting to start; enjoy the artwork on our walls.

If some of it seems shifty to you, just look at it real closely

 and it will stop moving, but another location will then start to crawl on you.

Do NOT think our DOCTRINE is this way!

 

 

 

[Elsie]

God, the Father, did not use the Bible to bring Jesus to us, He chose Mary.

And now the world has him.

Those that dis Mary, dis the Father.

Those that give Mary GOD-like powers are _________.

(Fill in your OWN blank)

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Isaiah 42:8

"I am the LORD; that is my name!
I will not give my glory to anyone else

[Elsie]

*Jesus, my judge* For real???????

NO!

you HATER!!

It will be Joseph Smith!!!

--MormonDude(I may not underSTAND it; but by Moroni; I Believe it!)

[Elsie]

Where’s the fiber?

[Elsie]

Ah...

you’re gettin’ there!

[caww]

Amen Elsie! She has nothing at all to do with our world...It was ALL given to Jesus. She did not rise from the dead.....she was not crucified.....she did not pay the price of sin for any man.....only Christ Jesus...and only He is to be petitioned for our every desire and need and worship! HE IS Our God why go through any other?

[Elsie]

Gettin’ closer!!

[Elsie]

Are you at all interested in the truth about what the Catholic Church teaches?

I am!

...really interested in WHY what it 'teaches' doesn't seem to be born out in PRACTICE.

I sure hope that ROME has EXCOMMUNICATED all those folks who have been QUOTED as praying

to

Mary!

[Elsie]

It’s called DECEPTION.

Mormonism is infested with it as well.

[Elsie]

I can see FIBER in your future...

[Elsie]

Our own brains and bodies are performing billions of processes a second, most of them we are not even aware of.

Oh?

I'm sure not 'aware' of this 'fact'.

Lead me to the truth; please.

[Elsie]

Only God is omniscient, but he can provide Grace to those he choose, and Our Lady is full of Grace.

A bunch of folks on FR are sure full of something!

Some of them are PROTESTants.

[Dr. Sivana]

I'm sure not 'aware' of this 'fact'.

Well, here's a fact about the brain alone:

The complexity of the task requires a fairly inconceivable 100 billion neurons, interconnected via trillions of synapses. A single firing neuron might communicate to thousands of others in a single moment. No computer comes close to the complexity of these communicating bits of organic matter.

http://www.livescience.com/32311-how-many-cells-are-in-the-brain.html

If anything, I was understating the case.

[CynicalBear]

>>It’s called DECEPTION.<<

Yeah, no kidding. It has to include “blinded to the truth” as well.