A Protestant Discovers Mary

NC Register ^ | March 13, 2010

[Quix]

Count it all joy . . . when they have to stoop to such outrageous assaults.

[TASMANIANRED]

You sure managed to read a lot into my comments.

[Outership]

The problem is, people don’t go around showing natural respect to anyone’s mother by bestowing lofty titles on them, kneeling in front of and lighting candles to statues of them, reciting rote prayers over and over to them, and doing all this in an effort to add to the Saving Grace of Christ or to supersede Christ.

[Outership]

Thank you, Quix. You are always so kind and so forgiving and so loving to everyone on every thread you post on. Even me.

[Outership]

Rome has indeed made edicts along these lines. These edicts are written into the very catechisms that are riled when someone points out that what is happing is idolatry and blasphemy.

And there is more, much more, than passing suggestion that this is Rome’s direction. If there wasn’t, then Christians wouldn’t be moved so much and so often to post about it on these “Mary” threads. These threads also wouldn’t pop up so often if those on Rome’s side didn’t also think so much and so often along these lines.

Time is short. Idolatry and blasphemy need to be put away now. People must be lead to Christ and away from “Mary”, not vice versa. The day is coming when it will be too late. And that vision of “Mary” just might one day be the prophet of the beast written about in Revelation.

[wagglebee]

What part of “we’re done” did you not understand?

If you can ping me with a link to an edict saying that the Blessed Virgin Mary is to be worshiped, not venerated or revered but worshiped, post it. If you can post an edict suggesting devotion to the Blessed Mother INSTEAD of worship of Jesus Christ post it.

[stfassisi]

O- Ship, Do me a favor and go write a book on the analyzation of yourself and why you feel the need to write about things you don’t understand just to amuse yourself.

I”m very well grounded in my Catholic Faith and don’t elevate Mary to a goddess. Mary is the humblest “creature” created by God.

Why don’t you try to imitate her humility,it would do you well

[Outership]

“...worshiped, not venerated or revered but worshiped..”

There is a point when these words mean the same thing. Rome has passed that point.

You are welcome to stop posting to me if that is your desire, though your previous post does not reflect that desire. As for me, I will post on a public forum with the same rights as anyone else who wishes to post here.

Saying “we’re done” does not suddenly make me have to stop posting or take away my right to post. Your post also contained other words than just “we’re done” and those words needed to be addressed. The phrase “we’re done” does not grant anyone an automatic last word on a subject.

[Quix]

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

God has enabled me to be forgiving.

Wish I did things thoroughly right the first time in all situations.

Sigh.

PBPGINFWMYET! LOL.

SURE APPRECIATE YOU BUDDY.

[Quix]

VERY WELL & ACCURATELY PUT.

THX.

[Quix]

INDEED.

[Poe White Trash]

It is so easy to fall into the idolatry of women. Be it for their beauty, femininity, fertility, mothering aspect, or marital relations aspect. Most religions have had goddesses as their primary focus of worship.

Do you see any relationship between this phenomenon and feminism?

[stfassisi]

“”Idolatry has to be the hardest trap to get out of.””

I was actually concerned with you regarding this by the way you seem to “oogle” over Quix..

The following is from some of your posts to Quix

Outership to Quix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2401712/posts?page=41#41
Thank you so mush for giving me the honor of being a part of your special ping group. You can’t really know what it means to me.

Outership to Quix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2365474/posts?page=345#345
He’s just saying that to get a rise out of you. He could care less about the truth

Outership to Quix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2365474/posts?page=201#201
Wow you really rattled a few cocoons on this thread.

Outership to Quix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1607979/posts?page=215#215
Oh cool. If you like that I have more.

Outership to Quix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2470878/posts?page=384#384
Thank you, Quix. You are always so kind and so forgiving and so loving to everyone on every thread you post on. Even me.

Outership to Quix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2470878/posts?page=366#366
You got it in one, Quix.

[Marysecretary]

Remember, he comes as an angel of light and is very subtle. I’ve read accounts of apparitions where she points more to herself than to her Son. We always need to be aware of his tricks and to test the spirits. I appreciate your prayers, Betty. I get better in some areas and not others. Love, Mary

[Marysecretary]

Thank you for this list. Uh, I think His name is Jesus or sumpin...

[Marysecretary]

We don’t doubt that she was called blessed, we just don’t elevate her position as Catholics do.

[Marysecretary]

Most of us DO show her love and respect, we just don’t venerate her as you do. It’s always JESUS we should be lifting up, not his dear mother.

[Outership]

Why would you want to read a book about me analyzing myself? I wouldn’t even find that interesting and I’m *me*!

Perhaps if I had done something famous or was a public figure it might be interesting to somebody, but even then I don’t think I would feel like writing it.

What was it about what I wrote in that post that made you feel I didn’t understand the subject? Can you post a quote and the reasons why you felt that way? I am also curious to know what about that post made you feel I wrote it to amuse myself.

I am glad that you do not elevate Mary to a goddess. Your previous post seemed to be saying the opposite. I can see what you mean with your assertion that Mary is humble due to her role in God’s plans being so great, but I believe that she is just as humble as Paul, John, Elijah and Moses who wielded the power of God, Abraham who was the source of God’s chosen nation, David and Solomon who ruled that nation at it’s greatest (so far), Noah who was the only man God decided to save in a world He destroyed (he even got to keep his family), all the prophets whom God told his secrets to, Adam and Eve who were the first, Job whom God actually came and spoke to when Job complained to Him, and everyone else whom God has given a role to play that brought them in touch with the Elohim.

Mary knew who Christ was from the beginning, and I can only wonder what He taught her, and how He loved her during his growing up and what it was like to be so close to God for all those years. It was an INCREDIBLE gift that God gave her to have so much time with Him. On this fallen world, in her sin-filled fallen form, she got to have intimate face time with Him!! I also wonder if it was hard to see Him as God and not just as her child. And what she must have gone through to have to let Him go in that manner.

All the world will say she is blessed because she got to be so intimate with God while here in this place and in the bodies we now wear. Joseph too. Other than the bond between man and wife, the bond between mother and child is the greatest, so Mary has had the greatest intimacy with God of all us humans so far. His human body contained her genes even! There is coming a day soon when each and every saint will be joined to Christ in the Husband and wife bond, and when that happens, we will all be blessed, even greater so than Mary!

What about me has led you to believe that I am not humble? Can you post a quote to what it was that I said that made you feel this way?

[Outership]

You are a glactic cluster further along than I am! I don’t have the words to further describe my thanks for your support. Maybe I will be able to tell you on the other side, though I feel sad that I don’t have them now.

[Quix]

Ahhhhh . . .

However, ‘tis I that feel you are God’s gift to encourage me. I feel the same way about you!

Thanks for being a treasured Bro in my life.

Rain on the ignorant assaultive rabid, rock-throwing, white hanky folks. Some may repent and confess and learn and grow. And some may not.

Thanks tons for your encouragements. I hope to get back to that other task over spring break. Turns out I’m not having my uppers extracted until after spring break . . . We shall see—there’s always more than plenty to do!

LUB