To: Reo
No you are not going to get away with that explanation just because most non-Catholics only know about "Hail Mary." I've read the other prayers. I have looked at the theology and history behind it. It is worship. At minimum you are saying Mary is omniscient and omnipresent in that she can hear everyone's prayers, even if the only Mary prayer you pray is your Hail Mary.
I am not going to discuss this more on this thread. I was just making a point about how I cannot understand how a person goes from one thing to the other.
17 posted on
05/18/2007 7:03:26 AM PDT by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
I am not going to discuss this more...
Yeah, go back under your bridge.
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
No you are not going to get away with that explanation just because most non-Catholics only know about "Hail Mary." I've read the other prayers. I have looked at the theology and history behind it. It is worship. At minimum you are saying Mary is omniscient and omnipresent in that she can hear everyone's prayers, even if the only Mary prayer you pray is your Hail Mary. That is a complete mischaracterization of Catholic teaching. We honor Mary; we do not worship her -- otherwise we would be breaking the very first commandment. If we really did worship Mary, why then would we deny it? Did you ever think about that? It is amazing that myths like "Catholics worship Mary" still exist. Nor do we believe that Mary or any of the saints is omniscient or omnipresent. We believe that the they can hear our prayer requests not because they are omniscient or omnipresent (which they are not) but because they are joined to Christ in the immaterial realm, where space and time do not exist. Do you think that that "great cloud of witnesses" referred to in Hebrews 12:1 can only see one side of the earth at a time? If so, you are mistakenly imposing the limitations of the material world on your conception of the immaterial world. Please try to avoid attacking mischaracterizations and misrepresentations of what Catholics believe.
-A8
29 posted on
05/18/2007 7:22:38 AM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
I've read the other prayers.Kill him, he knows too much!!
LOL, whatever pal.
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