“The Blessed Mother is simply the Mother of our Savior. The Gold Sandard role model of a Christian woman.”
Mary was just another sin filled and fallen human. The gold standard role model of a Christian woman should be Christ Himself. Christ alone.
Why use a fallen person filled with sin who is no different than you are as your role model when you can have a Perfect Role Model instead?
Mary obeyed God and was blessed by Him. This is good for anyone to do. But if you want to know what to obey and how to obey, Christ is your role model. Believe Him. Trust Him. Obey Him. Follow Him. Not Mary, who is no different than you or I or anyone else.
If Mary ever appears as some kind of ‘ghost’ or something to you or some church authority you follow, make sure to ask “her” if Christ came in the flesh. If any other Gospel is preached, don’t believe it.
Let me put it to you this way.
Do you love our God given country? Do you believe that as long as you love God first, you can also love your country?
Do you believe that it is important that American children understand the history and values of the country they may be asked to die for? Do you reject as idol worship the many symbols associated with this country, or see them as a sign of honor?
You may be happy to know that people in this country no longer have respect or honor for what this country represents, much less the beautiful symbols such as flags. When I was young, flags were everywhere on Flag Day. Now Flag Day isn't even mentioned. You'd be hard pressed to find a student who knows George Washington's biography.
How many people were inspired by Ronald Reagan? How many people still have pictures of him? Do you think they are going to hell?
It may also make you happy to know that the Blessed Mother is no longer honored than Abraham Lincoln, sadly even among Catholics. Instead, these are the icons our American youth are given.
Did it ever occur to you that maybe God knew what he was by giving us the example of Jesus' mother as an icon of the ideal woman and mother? She was humble, simple, and willing to sacrifice. She was obedient no matter what, she suffered without ever questioning God, and she loved unconditionally.
Sadly, So many lost girls have no idea what a true woman should be. The enemy is so deceptive.
The bible is filled with people who are awe inspiring, have amazing testimonies to God, and have served Him well. If it bothers you that the Catholic faith includes the people who served God, such as St. Peter, or gives Jesus' mother a place of honor, then I'm sure, out of intellectual honesty, you refuse to salute your American flag right? Actually you shouldn't even have one. If you don't distinguish between love/honor and worship, then an American Flag would surely be blasphemous in your mind.
Sadly, lack of respect, honor, values, charity, heardened hearts, and lack of brotherly love, is why this country is in the state it is. Perhaps we deserved this government. May God have mercy on us.