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To: Mrs. Don-o
>>"worship and deification of mary [sic]"<,

Catholics have explained to you patiently and repeatedly the difference between veneration (honor) and worship (adoration) and yet you prove yourself un-teachable.

And we have explained patiently and repeatedly how the catholic actions towards Mary are in violation of the prohibition against making and worshiping idols.

Where as we can point to specific Scripture that forbids these activities the catholic cannot point to a specific Scripture that allows the worship of a created being or thing.

We have specific examples in the NT of the apostles/disciples telling others who've bowed before them to get up and not worship them.

The catholic, per catholic writings, is told to place all of their faith and trust in Mary in contrast to the Word which tells us to place all of our trust and faith in Christ and Christ alone. Catholics are also told to rely upon her to answer prayers that Jesus will not or is slow to answer whereas the Word teaches us to pray only to the Father and that He will supply all of our needs.

The catholic in the various apparitions an image claiming to be Mary yet who teaches a different message than that found in the Word. The promises of the apparition at Fatima are illustrative of this.

These apparitions have told the catholic to wear a scapular and if they do they would "be preserved from the eternal flames."

The list can go on and on but it is clear the catholic reliance and worship of Mary is not supported by the Word.

218 posted on 05/22/2016 12:15:15 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
Thank you illustating my thesis: seven paragraphs, and an out-and-out misrepesentation of Catholic belief/ practice in each and every one. This is not dialogue. This is dual monologues, running down parallel tracks, never to meet.

Rather than make point-by-point corrections: if there are readers and lurkers who aren't bored to tears, already, by these relentless volleys, and if you want to get some accurate explanation of what Catholics believe, and not what some outré critic imagines we believe, you can google:

"Mrs Don-o" adoration veneration

"Mrs Don-o" bow prostration

"Mrs Don-o" custom honor

...or various other keywords, being sure "Mrs. Don-o" is in quotes, and behold, there it all is, having achieved what passes for catechetical cyber-immortality.

Thanks for the opportunity, ealgeone.

You, I will, where I can, honor: but certainly not adore.

226 posted on 05/22/2016 2:13:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, since God is love." Edith Stein)
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