AzaleaCity5691: “If you knew anything about the Catholic Church, you would know that we don’t deify Mary.”
Perhaps I am mistaken, but I have seen numerous defenders of the RC church on these threads claiming Mary was without sin. This is an attribute only God can claim.
Members of the Catholic faith regularly pray to Mary. Why would they pray to someone who has no power to answer?
The correct question is, "Why pray to someone other than God?"
We know that sometimes Angels act, so insulting them isn't a very good idea. Doubly so for Jesus' mother.
Actually, we don’t worship Mary. The fact that Mary remained forever Virgin, and without sin, is based on the fact that she was born without original sin. Our capacity to sin is based in the fact that we are all born with original sin. If Mary had been born with original sin, she would have been unpure, therefore, unfit to carry Jesus. So, she was sinless when she concieved and bore Christ. Now, it is just illogical to believe that, as reward for doing his will, that God would have cursed Mary with original sin once she had given birth to Jesus. Therefore, the only safe thing to assume is that she never did get original sin, and therefore, was incapable of sinning.