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Friar Tuck, you raise a good point....

I don't think that Catholic Church intentionally teaches people to worship Mary or anyone else, I think it's just the nature of our fallen spirits to slip from devotion and love into idolatry too easily. And, as a Protestant, the idea of praying to anyone other than G-d seems to me to be awfully close to the line between devotion and idolatry. But I have met many Catholics (mostly women) who say that they find it far easier to pray to Mary than directly to G-d or Jesus. Perhaps this is something that the Catholic Church has tried to address?

posted by editormum on March 23, 2004 at 2:30 PM | link to this | reply

such a great post!!!

I was just having this discussion with my dad yesterday as a matter of fact.  The Catholic church appears to "worship" Mary, Priests, Bishops, The Pope, anyone Sainted, etc...

I know my view here might rub some Catholics the wrong way, but I do believe the bible teaches the opposite of how the Catholic church practices its faith.  If the people who belong to the Catholic church would do more reading for themselves, instead of allowing the priests and such to do the reading and interpreting for them; they might gain a completely different understanding of God's expectations.

Write On!  ltlmac70 wuz here...

posted by superflymom119 on March 23, 2004 at 11:38 AM | link to this | reply

Ummmm...

"Marian devotion in the Roman Catholic faith is an example of how a good concept -- emulating the purity, faith, and love that Mary demonstrated -- became a stumbling block for many believers, resulting in a virtual "cult of Mary" ---- an idolatry of Christ's mother. It isn't that we are not to have role models or to emulate the faith of others, Saint Paul said in 1 Corinthians 1:11 that we should follow him, even as he followed Christ, but we must always return to the Lord Jesus Christ as our supreme example. If I follow Mary, or Amy Carmichael, or Corrie ten Boom, or Saint Augustine, or Thomas a Kempis, rather than following the Lord who led them, I am committing idolatry because I am allowing them to distract me from God."

But who is the Catholic who'd say he is following Mary or a Kempis or Augustine?

posted by Friar__Tuck on March 23, 2004 at 11:27 AM | link to this | reply