First, by calling her “mother of GOD” yes, the church is saying that she is the mother of GOD. Unless you are going to deny that the Father is God and the Holy Spirit is God, the title makes her the mother of them as well since the church uses the generic term of “God”.
We have been through this discussion before. The teaching that Mary is the mother of God is based on the understanding that, while each person of the Trinity is God, each person is a separate manifestation of God. The Father is God whole and entire, the Son is God whole and entire, and the Holy Spirit is God whole and entire. But the Father is not the Son; neither is the Holy Spirit the Son. It is with this understanding of Jesus as God, whole and entire, that Mary is the mother of Jesus, God (whole and entire) with us.
You yourself indicated that Jesus spoke to Mary as God.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3277170/posts?page=35#35
How could Jesus speak to His mother as God if Mary was not the mother of Jesus as God? How do you deny that Mary is the mother of God without also denying the divinity of Jesus?
Which one will be seen in heaven, just one of them or all three???
We get this!
We also 'get' the FACT that the phrase 'Mother of GOD' is NOT found in Scripture.
Have Catholics been taught they'll lose their salvation if they merely ADMIT this?
The same way you avoid stating the fact that Mother of GOD is not found in the Bible.