[AlaninSA]

Nor is there any claim to the worship of Mary, or the worship of the saints.

You ignorant fool.

Put down the Chick tracts and open your mind to the fact that we (a)don't worship Mary and (b) do not worship saints. You may have Catholic friends, but if they're telling you that these things go on...they're far from Catholic.

Why the hatred?

What is your real deal? What, exactly, do you claim to follow? That is, where do you go to church? Bubba's Community Bible of BFE, Arkansas?

[Salvation]

Very well said.

[whispering out loud]

"You ignorant fool."

You should read Matt 5;22

"Put down the Chick tracts and open your mind to the fact that we (a)don't worship Mary and (b) do not worship saints. You may have Catholic friends, but if they're telling you that these things go on...they're far from Catholic."

"chick tracts"? anyway Why are people bidding thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of dollars on oddities with "the virgin Mary" somehow imprinted on them? sounds like worship to me. And what of these medals of the saints?
"Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven image, or likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Once again sounds like worship to me.

"Why the hatred?"

I have no hatred for you or your faith, I just find fault with anyone who claims exclusive right to discern the scriptures, If you deny that then you need to go back and reread this thread.

"What is your real deal? What exactly do you claim to follow? That is, Where do you go to church? Bubba's Community Bible of BFE Arkansas?"

My real deal is I'm tired of Catholics claiming exclusive right to the scriptures, and the foundation of the church.
I follow Jesus Christ, and I currently attend a Southern Baptist Fellowship, and shock shock, we claim no exclusivity to the Word of God, nor Christ himself, but we do claim him as Lord of our lives, and our savior.

[Buggman]

Put down the Chick tracts and open your mind to the fact that we (a)don't worship Mary and (b) do not worship saints.

So what do you call this, then?