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I honestly don't know anyone who sees Mary as a goddess -- Catholics simply ask Mary to pray to God for them, much like many people on Free Republic ask others here to pray for them also. That "worship" accusation that some people make is simply a false claim.

Drive through any rural town in Kansas, and you can immediately identify which homes are Catholic, because they have a Mary shrine/statue in their front yard. Yeah, no worship there.

What a beautiful shrine to Our Lady! Thanks for posting that!

Such shrines are useful for quiet meditation, here in the glorious nature Our Lord creates. They are useful for meditation about the Mystery of the Incarnation, which is precisely how they ultimately glorify God, all the while giving the honor Mary is due. (”All generations shall call me blessed”).

At least this is what I get out of such shrines. I don’t see how this is elevating Mary over God. Again, speaking for myself, when I meditate in front of such shrines, I know for a fact I am not “worshipping” the statue or even Mary, as my thoughts in such circumstances are always, ultimately, about Jesus.

Anymore, I laugh at (yes, at, not “with”) anyone who claims differently, as if they can read my heart and/or mind.

Drive through any rural town in Kansas, and you can immediately identify which homes are Catholic, because they have a Mary shrine/statue in their front yard. Yeah, no worship there.

Okay, and following that same logic, the people who have St. Francis statues in their yard worship the St-Francis-god,

and the people who have mermaid statues in their yard worship the mermaid-goddess,

and the people who have coachman statues in their yard worship the coachman-god,

and the people who have dog statues in their yard worship the dog-god,

and the people who have cat statues in their yard worship the cat-god,

and the people who have horse statues in their yard worship the horse-god,

and the people who have baseball player statues in their yard worship the baseball-player-god,

and the people who have bear statues in their yard worship the bear-god,

and the people who have cherub statues in their yard worship the cherub-god,

and the people who have butterfly statues in their yard worship the butterfly-god,

and the people who have NO statues in their yard worship NO god -- they are obviously them there stinkin' atheists.

(Do you see the flaws in this logic?)