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I can't imagine anyone would argue that she was not a good faithful servant. It is all the add ons that cloud the issue. I know you say veneration, but from an outsiders perspective it looks like worship.

And we keep telling you that it's not. Why can't you simply accept this as an honest answer? Those who try to tack the "Mary as Goddess" thing onto Catholics do so for purely dishonest polemical reasons--not because the criticism has any basis in fact. I hope you are not one of those people.

437 posted on 12/06/2006 10:45:48 AM PST by Antoninus (When your party's platform is "Vote for US because THEY will be worse," prepare to lose.)

"And we keep telling you that it's not. Why can't you simply accept this as an honest answer? Those who try to tack the "Mary as Goddess" thing onto Catholics do so for purely dishonest polemical reasons--not because the criticism has any basis in fact. I hope you are not one of those people."
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As a Christian I worry about those that might get caught up in false doctrine. I see statues, people praying to Mary etc. and it sure looks like they've been taught to go somewhere other than the source of our salvation, Jesus. In times of trouble usually the first words out of my mouth are "JESUS help me..." not "oh Mary full of grace..."