I know that Catholics desperately need that to be so but alas it is false. For many reasons it CAN NOT be Mary but Catholics may want to consider this.
Jeremiah 3:16 And it hath come to pass, when ye are multiplied, And have been fruitful in the land, In those days -- an affirmation of Jehovah, They say not any more, 'The ark of the covenant of Jehovah,' Nor doth it go up on the heart, Nor do they remember concerning it, Nor do they inspect, nor is it made again.
>>Rev. 12:1<<
The woman in Revelation 12 can in no way be Mary. It's the nation of Israel. The twisting of scripture by Catholics in an attempt to make that woman Mary is comical and total corruption of scripture.
>>Apparently because there were no bones to claim<<
"Apparently"? You base your eternal destiny on conjecture or lack of evidence?
Once again we see Catholics holding a belief that is not based on solid teaching in scripture and is not taught by the apostles.
Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
The prominence that the belief in the assumption of Mary holds in the Catholic belief system contradicts the teaching of the apostles rather than holds to their teaching. Paul said that if someone teaches something they didn't that teacher was to be considered accursed.
The dogma is the infallible teaching of Holy Mother Church, guided by the Holy Ghost and was universally accepted by all of Christendom for 1400 years.
Where in the bible does it state it to be the sole source of holiness and salvation? Where does the bible address the end of apostolic succession? Where in the bible does it state what color your Church should be or of what materials it be constructed?