[Old Yeller]

That’s as crazy as calling Mary, the mother of God.

[af_vet_1981]

That’s as crazy as calling Mary, the mother of God.

Miriam/Mary is the mother of "God with Us." If you deny it, you deny the faith once delivered to the saints.

Isaiah 7:

10. Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
11. Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
12. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
13. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:

18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
20. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

John 20:

26. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27. Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

[chajin]

That’s as crazy as calling Mary, the mother of God.

Or as crazy as thinking Mary is just another female in God's brood.

If the church wanted to call Mary the mother of God the way my daughter is called the mother of Oliver, it would have said Η Μητέρα του Θεού, but the term used is Θεοτόκος, which means the bearer of God. My daughter made my grandson Oliver to be Oliver, but Mary did not make Jesus to be God: she bore Jesus, but His Divine nature was imputed, as described in Philippians 2.

This places Mary in a highly favored position in the church, as was stated in Luke 1, κεχαριτωμένη, that she was and is full of caritas. The Orthodox recognize this, and Luther recognized it, though my fellow LCMS Lutherans often sound more like Baptists. When Catholics build a shrine, as is across from Disneyworld, to "Mary, Queen of the Universe," they tread, I think, too closely to promoting a Divine Couple view of theology which goes back to Baal/Ashtoreth, or for that matter Izanagi and Izanami in Japan.

But be careful to avoid throwing out the baby with the bathwater, to mix metaphors.

[fidelis]

That’s as crazy as calling Mary, the mother of God.

{sigh} Jack Chick's Law rears it's ugly head right on cue.

FACTS:

Mary is Jesus' Mother
Jesus is God =
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Mary is the Mother of God.

[mdmathis6]

You like to throw stink bombs don’t you LOL! Perhaps sound a few false fire alarms? LOL!

Okay so now you’ve smoked out the Catholics reading this post...

“smirk!” You bad boy!