[hopefulpilgrim]

OK, let's go over this again. Jesus is God. Mary is Jesus' mother. Ergo, Mary had God in her womb.

This deduction places an emphasis on Mary that is missing in Scripture. Yes, she was the most blest woman in being given the privilege to carry and give birth to the Son of God, but that is where Scripture ends in her importance. If God, through the human authors of Scripture, had ever referred to her as "the mother of God," it would be different, but to call her that when God does not, is to place an unintended emphasis upon her.

[SoothingDave]

OK, let's go over this again. Jesus is God. Mary is Jesus' mother. Ergo, Mary had God in her womb.

This deduction places an emphasis on Mary that is missing in Scripture. Yes, she was the most blest woman in being given the privilege to carry and give birth to the Son of God, but that is where Scripture ends in her importance. If God, through the human authors of Scripture, had ever referred to her as "the mother of God," it would be different, but to call her that when God does not, is to place an unintended emphasis upon her.

So to declare the Truth is an insult to your god? Or do you dispute one of the supporting statements or can you find something wrong with the logic?

Or are you just afraid of using logic at all? Is this one of Becky's "things God gets mad at if we talk about"? All of you Protestants can chime in here.

And since it is found nowhere in Scripture I guess you flee from the term "Trinity" as well as an insult to your god.

SD

[malakhi]

If God, through the human authors of Scripture, had ever referred to her as "the mother of God," it would be different

And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1:43)

[RobbyS]

And NOT to call her Theotokos is to ignore what stress Luke placed on the event and her role in it. She is at least the equal of Abraham and Moses.