[Republican Wildcat]

Today, Joel asks evangelicals to "give Mary a chance." Asked to expound on what he means by "give her a chance,” he elaborated: "Revere her in a way you haven't before because she provided the Savior." "And there is a reason that she has been venerated since the beginning of the church and I don't fully understand her role and it's uncomfortable to ask for her intercessions at times, but at the same time, she is the one praying and interceding on behalf of all of us to her Son. And it is through her prayers that most of us come to know Him." "I grew up my whole just thinking that Mary was just some random chick that just happened to be there at the right time and right place and it's just not so. The history of the church has put her in a place where she should be and if evangelicals could give her a chance, it might open up their world to her." Stephanie interjected, "Our salvation is not possible without her. And He chose to make it that way."

No, God provided the Savior. Mary was an obedient servant of God...we can in fact learn from this lesson of obedience and admire and live by this example, but she is not the source of salvation.

Getting lost in ritual is not a good thing.

[Cronos]

hmmm...

1. There is a comment section at the site where you can address the persons

2. The article doesn't say "she is the source of salvation" - only you wrote that, nowhere eslse

3. The article says
3.1. "revere her"
3.2. "she has been venerated"
3.3. "she is the one praying for us"

She is not and nowhere claimed in the article or by the persons who speak, as being the source. They say the she is the God-bearer so being the channel through which God entered the world.

[Wuli]

BINGO “Getting lost in ritual is not a good thing.”

[Philsworld]

Don’t let Cronos fool you.

http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/mary.htm

[Elsie]

Today, Joel asks evangelicals to "give Mary a chance."

I've seen what the Catholics have done with her; and respectively, I'll have to turn down your suggestion.

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The history of the church has put her in a place where she should be ...

Should?

I think not; or the BIBLE would have had a least a LITTLE suggestion of the elevated status men have attempted to raise her to.

I've read the warning about worshiping angels; and think that I possibly would be safe not worshiping, adoring and hyper-duliaing a human; even though she was the Christ Bearer.