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I doubt you will get anywhere with the Roman Catholic's though. They have a huge investment in their veneration/worship of Mary even if it's not SCRIPTURAL.

We don't worship Mary. We hold her in esteem, in great respect. And so do the Eastern Orthodox, the Copts, the Ethiopians, the Armenians etc. namely all the Churchs founded by the Apostles.

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"We don't worship Mary."
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I know. You will stress how much you esteem her, or venerate her.

Your actions though make that position suspect.

You Pray to her expecting special considerations.

You have statues that you bow down before made in her likeness.

You have established doctrines such as immaculate conception, perpetual virginity, and her assenting.

I see these actions as something more than veneration or respect. I respect Mary. She was truly blessed, but I don't pray to her, build statues to her, or believe she never died. She was a human being that performed a special task that GOD gave her.

BTW, you can easily read SCRIPTURE and come to the conclusion that she did not truly know who JESUS was until the resurrection. If she did why did she rebuke him at the temple? If she did why did she and his brothers come to take him home when he had started his ministry? Mary was a devoted mother who was obedient to GOD.