>> “We do not idolize Mary...we do however, honor her for the role she played in our salvation” <<
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Neither Mary, nor any other sinner, played any role whatsoever in anyone’s salvation. She acknowledged that fact herself. Worship denegrates her memory.
Yeshua alone was sinless, and qualified to take the punishment and shed his blood for our sins.
Uhh..Mary said yes to God...she didn’t have to...so yes she did play a part...are you implying that if Mary had said no, that God would have just ...kept on trying till someone said yes?...
Wow. So much wrong and hateful here.
You believe what you believe, we get it.
Mary was conceived without Original Sin according to Catholic doctrine (The Immaculate Conception).
There is a very real reason, theologically for that belief.
Being Sinless; Mary was a pure vessel through which Christ could become Man through the Miracle of Virgin Birth.
That is it.
If you want to perpetuate the myth that Catholics *worship* Mary; you should take it somewhere else.
I’ll be happy to argue the *facts* of my Faith; but outright falsehood smacks of some sort of prejudice, that we don’t need on FR.