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To: William Terrell

I know you think Catholics are conditioned to not only worship Mary but to be unaware of this Mary worship. I asked:

“Did any Church leader knowingly worship Mary, or was the teaching of the Church concerning Mary always just a trick to attract women to the early Church (even though they wouldn’t realize that they were actually worshippin’ Mary)? Do Catholics choose to worship Mary?”

To which you replied:

“Like I said, conditioning. You don’t just become a Catholic, I’ve heard, you must first go thorough orientation. Is that true? If so, why?”

I’m not understanding your response. Did the Church leaders who implemented Mary worship in the Catholic Church worship Mary themselves? Or was it just a trick to make the Church more palatable to women, even though they (the women) themselves wouldn’t be aware of this Mary worship? Do Catholics choose to worship Mary?

Freegards


756 posted on 07/28/2007 10:09:06 AM PDT by Ransomed (Keep the Faith!)
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To: Ransomed
If you were to join some Protestant church, you simply. . .go to church. There are so many departures from Biblical teaching Catholic have to have a preconditioning and orientation session to try to explain them.

From what I've seen Catholics most enthusiastically choose to worship Mary.

763 posted on 07/28/2007 11:46:28 AM PDT by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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