You got me all wrong! I have nothing but respect for the Mary of the Bible. It's the RCC circus that surrounds her to which I show callous disrespect.
>>>I have nothing but respect for the Mary of the Bible<<<
I don't think calling her 'Mary of the Perpetual Thin Mints' is very respectful.
Maybe that's just me.
"It's the RCC circus that surrounds her to which I show callous disrespect."
Well and good.
But who is doing the healings at Lourdes?
So, to you, she is just another person in the Bible? Yet, you refuse the instruction in Luke to call her blessed. Which other Biblical instructions do you ignore because they are "too Catholic"?