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"....you believe Mary to be divine".

How many times is this untruth about Catholic beliefs going to show up on this forum?

The Catholic Church church does not teach that Mary is "divine".

Tell me why you say this when it isn't true.

you believe Mary to be divine

If as you claim, she was born without sin, and the only other person, born without sin was Christ, then they are either both divine, or, neither of them is. Which is it?

You build most of your temples to her. I have been inside them. Inside are bigger than life statues of her, with votive offerings.If an archaeologist were to find these, some time hence, he will conclude that you were a nation of goddess worshippers, as that is where all the evidence points.

Why don't Catholics just come out and admit it? After all your two last Popes make no secret of how they feel about it.

Tell me why you say this when it isn't true.

Let's examine this.

We talk about what's in our hearts. They say that they know better than we what's in our hearts.
We put up references to the official teaching of our church and to the distinction between latria and dulia. They mock them and return to saying that, whatever account WE give of ourselves, they know better what we are doing than they do.
Then, they make assertions about matters of fact which are easily shown to be false. When this is pointed out, they mock or attack the credibility of those pointing it out.
Instead of reasonable argument, they repeat themselves over and over again, using Scripture like charms or incantations.
When invited to work together and to reason together, they accuse us of "parsing".
and so forth....

I think the answer to the question of why they say things which they know not to be true is easily seen. If I say it, I'll be told I'm being personal. But this is not rocket science.

And in the meantime we should do a little sandal shaking toward the most egregious of those who hold the truth in contempt and have managed to persuade themselves that they way to show loving concern is to belittle, mock, and deride, and be glad to find real brothers and sisters, not all of whom are RC or EO, in these and similar threads.