[Conservative til I die]

Please note that we did have one protestant suggesting that the Immaculate Conception is a very Lutheran sort of doctrine. So they're not all hurling insults at us.

Duly noted. Like I said, many Protestants, not all. But it does disturb me, as it seems that many cannot separate their dislike of the Church from Mary.

[ArrogantBustard]

Like I said, many Protestants, not all.

Concur ... just making sure he (and others like him) don't get lost in the shuffle.

[phatus maximus]

Greetings in Christ...I think the mistake that's most often attributed to Lutherans/Protestants is that we HATE the Virgin Mary...so so untrue, but it's easy to understand that mis-conception (no pun intended)...Mary is an extremely important part of Christ's path to salvatation...She is honored, she is the Mother of God, with that proving Christ is God, not to deify her of course...The bottom line is this...Praise and honor and glory must be given to God for his wisdom and mysterious way of conceiving his son in a virgin...we should honor Mary for being so blessed to had received the honor of being Christ's human mother...what an honor indeed! The concern I have is the over honoring of Mary...the raising of Mary to a pedestal reserved for God only...that's all I am concerned with...

I choose to give God the highest honor, glory and praise...Mary recieves her due honor but it is secondary to God and must always be as such. Sometimes it appears others put each on a pretty even level...