[Unam Sanctam]

Evidently it is a sin to disagree with the diefication of Mary around here.

No Catholics believe in the "deification of Mary". Mary is a creature, not the creator. You are criticizing what you believe about the Catholic Church, not the Catholic Church itself, since you misrepresent her teachings.

[kenth]

My wife is Catholic. I am planning on converting (brought up Methodist, but drifted away from Him for too long.) We lived in SW North Carolina a few years back, and had a small statue of St. Francis in our yard. We held a garage sale one day and almost without exception, everyone who came by made snide or denigrating comments about us worshiping idols or Mary/The Pope instead of Jesus. Some stopped by just to do that. The garage sale must have finally given them the opening and nerve to do so. I have a cousin whose entire devotion to spreading her faith is fueled by her animosity toward Catholics. Oh well.

The theater here isn't going to presell tickets, just put them on sale an hour before each showing. I hope I get there early enough on Wed. to get our tickets for the first showing. I don't think I could possibly eat anything during the movie. I'll probably grab a soda, but from just the scenes we saw last night, and knowing He went through the real thing and worse for me had me broken up.