[ealgeone]

Mary gas promised to protect the United States if the Bishops do only one thing....in fact, 9-11 may not have happened if this had been done. Very simple — Enshrine Our Lady of America in a niche in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D. C. It needs to be done soon!!!! (See the links in the next post.)

>Are you truly serious about this Salvation?<

Sadly I think catholics really believe this.

And they claim they don't worship Mary......

[MamaB]

Yeah, poor dead Mary can not do a thing but Jesus can and does.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Mary is viewed as an essential for getting to the “softer side” of God.

Such a claim is essentially unfalsifiable. Point to an ancient witness of tender mercies like David of the Psalms, and you get told what, that Mary was watching over him too? And if every evangelical prayer to Jesus got granted... Catholics would say it was because they had asked Mary.

How does such a thesis get tested.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I do not know a lot about who takes care of that cathedral. It isn’t viewed as all that important by most evangelicals. To me it is a mere building.

If they can work out a way to put a Mary shrine in it in order to make Catholics happier, far be it from me to stop them. However I think we would straightway get shrines to Buddha, etc. in it too. We should be careful what we ask for.

[SoConPubbie]

And they claim they don't worship Mary......

I really don't think they see how silly that idea is looking on from the outside.

Mary has no power, none.

How they can agree to all the excess baggage their church "bolts" onto the Gospel is beyond me.

They take something very simple, and muddy it all up.

This is what happens when you let mortal, sinful men define your religion for you, rather than simply accepting the Word of God.

[Syncro]

Mary has become the central figure/person/spirit representing Catholicism.

She is co-redemptor with Jesus, she suffered along with Him when he was on the cross.

[CynicalBear]

>>And they claim they don't worship Mary......<<

My thoughts exactly as I read through that.

[Salvation]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3268542/posts?page=5#5

Read these again.