[exmarine]

It's no different than asking a saint to intercede on your behalf, which has been going on for about 1700 years. Nothing special here. Asking Mary to intercede on your behalf is not much different than asking other Christians to pray for you.

Jesus ridiculed the traditions of men. Praying to Mary or to the dead goes directly against scripture as I already pointed out to you. Any tradition that is contrary to scripture is false.

[Modernman]

Praying to Mary or to the dead goes directly against scripture as I already pointed out to you

And as I pointed out to you, nobody "prays" to Mary. Asking for her interecession is not prayer, under any definition.