[William Terrell]

So you would be "happy" if ksen or other member of FR prayed for you but you despise the prayers of Mother of God?

God has a mother? Or the Son of God has a mother. Mary, the mother of Jesus is dead. She did not rise from the dead; she remained dead. If Mary in Heaven prays for me, that is good, but prayers to Mary on my behalf I rank with those prayed to Athena or Diana.

Sorry to offend you.

She found favour in eyes of God and all generation of faithful praise Her (Lk:1:48) . Better you reconsider your disrespectful attitude if you want to be counted with those generations and ask Her for the intercession. Prayers of different persons are not equal. . .

She most definitely found favor with God, as He chose her to bear Jesus, but pray to her as unto God? Excuse me? Abraham found favor with God. Do you pray to him?

Prayers of different persons are not equal, for sure, but prayers to persons are equal, to zero.

[concerned about politics]

Abraham found favor with God. Do you pray to him?

That's a very good point. But they have dead saints, too. He could be one of those, and the answer may be "yes."

[Siobhan]

You are in for a splendid re-education once you shuffle off this mortal coil.

[LostTribe]

>Abraham found favor with God. Do you pray to him?

Now there's a great new idea! {ggg}. In California that would be sufficient to begin a whole new religious enterprise. A competitor down the street would pray to Moses, and a third group would pray to Jacob.

After all, they are known to have had a FIRST HAND relationship with God. They didn't have to phone long-distance, or go through an operator.