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One who misrepresents Catholic doctrine in the fashion you have just done, in the preceding post, must do so comprehensively. This is unsurprising. Why? Because one must begin with premises which are false, and then filter everything he sees and hears through those premises.

Hence everything is distorted, but distorted in the same direction.

For instance, I posit that everything aboutMary is premised in her being a creature, a handmaid of the Lord, the first indeed to accept Jesus as her personal Savior ("my spirit rejoices in God my Savior") --- you posit that we Catholic regard her as a goddess to be adored on a par with God. It's simply not true.

This distortion makes sense to you because you claim to know better than Catholics, what Catholics actually believe.

To a person who holds such an astonishing presumption I could say, "But stop right there,that is not what I believe," and expect the rejoinder, "Hush, I know what you believe. You don't."

I say, go ahead with what you may call a dialog, but leave me out of it. Your kind of dialog runs smoother when you do it on your own.

Ealgeone will undoubtedly respond himself, but I believe there is a bit of a misunderstanding in this sentence...

you posit that we Catholic regard her as a goddess to be adored on a par with God. It's simply not true.

Mary is not treated as a goddess by catholic doctrine, but as a demigoddess - above humans, but slightly short of God.

She has divine powers, has been made into a sinless/perfect entity, and is a universal mother figure that is to be approached to gain extra leverage to get prayers answered. In short, she becomes an idol and is idolized.

None of this is in Scripture.

Ealgeone, if this isn't what you meant, you can correct my writing. Best to you and Merry Christmas.