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I wasn't arguing against Christian truth. If you will scroll back to prior posts, my faith and values, as well as Christian Doctrine came under attack. My posts were in defense of my Christian faith, they were not intended to attack Catholicism. My point about Mary was this, she did nothing worthy of bringing her worship, she was not irreplaceable had she not been there God would have chosen another to do the exact same thing for which thousands of Catholics across the country worship Mary. Before you deny that, I have personally met several Catholics, "too many to count if you're looking for a number" who themselves worship, "Holy Mary Mother of God" as they were taught in the Catholic church by the priest. "But thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and only him shall thou serve."

I have also had several Catholic friends who carried medals of various saints in their pockets which they clutched as they prayed to these various saints. "Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven images." I could continue, but it is evident to me that I am typing in vain. I appreciate that you hold your faith close to your heart, but just because my faith doesn't follow Catholic tradition doesn't make it wrong. The Catholic church by the way is not the oldest church on record. The Jewish church is the oldest church revering the God of Abraham, so the reformed Messianic Jewish movement starting at the acceptance of Christ's teachings would be the oldest church, existing even before the "almighty Catholic church"

The Christian truth is that the Son of God became incarnate and assumed the form (or rather, nature) of a man. Phil. 2:6-11.

Therefore, in bearing Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Son of Man, the Blessed Virgin truly became the Mother of God, according to the humanity which he assumed. Otherwise one denies the reality of the incarnation: that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.