How DARE you all these brown scapular knockoffs PAGAN!
Posted on 02/22/2016 6:12:49 AM PST by marshmallow
The municipality of Selcuk, a town in western Turkey where Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days, plans to erect a giant statue dedicated to her in the fashion of the notable statue in Brazil depicting her son.
Virgin Mary House, a stone structure on the outskirts of Bulbul Mountain, is a popular spot among Christian pilgrims since its discovery in the 19th century. Looking to boost faith tourism revenues, Selcuk Mayor Zeynel Bakici said they would erect "a splendid statue" depicting the sacred figure, the same day he announced they were seeking to host an international faith tourism event next year. "Virgin Mary House receives 2.5 million visitors every year despite its authenticity while Portugal's Fatima hosts 5 million tourists every year," he said, referring to the town where the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared to three children in 1917, making it a revered pilgrimage site. "We have to market our town better," he told a tourism event on Saturday.
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How soon until well-intended, peace-loving Mormons get proxy baptized for the souls that have lived there?
There is nothing new under the sun...
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"Woman, what is that to me and to thee?"
Jesus; at a party.
Did you mean: >"Woman, behold son, son, behold your mother".
How DARE you all these brown scapular knockoffs PAGAN!
Matthew 6:27-29
"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
I think not.
Good point!
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.â€
Let's try some easy math:
There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics world wide;
If merely 1% of them 'ask' Mary for help just once each day;
that means that 12 million separate prayers are headed Mary's direction every day.
Given that there are 86,400 seconds per day... (24 hours times 60 minutes times 60 seconds)
...that means that Mary has to handle approximately 139 'requests' per second!
Purty good fer someone NOT 'divine'!
Long time no “c”.
And the bowing down before it?
However, I became a follower of Jesus at age eleven. That makes me a Christian.
There is a difference.
Despite what is published in the CCC it is not substantiated in the Word, and in fact, goes beyond what the text says about Mary.
And yet you wrote "... nor is the catholic claim that Jesus is giving all of us His mom" and I posted the passage from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. That, and your testimony, impeaches your witness in the matter.
However, I became a follower of Jesus at age eleven. That makes me a Christian.
I hope so. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
First Corinthians, Catholic chapter ten, Protestant verses ten to twelve,
First John, Catholic chapter two, Protestant verse six,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James
idia has the meaning of "uniquely one's own, peculiar to the individual". This adjective means private, personal. HELPS Word-studies
The Greek of the pronouns is in the genitive and is singular in both references.
This is, as you say, a personal arrangement between Jesus, John and Mary. It is between no one else.
As I say, it's not just a personal arrangement, but symbolizes something much bigger. It's not for nothing that John's Gospel begins with the wedding feast of Cana (Mary: "Do whatever he tells you") and ends with John taking Mary "eis ta idia".
The Bible I have records John opening with, "In the beginning was the Word...." and it concludes with his explaining if everything about Jesus were written the world could not contain the books.
It begins with Jesus and ends with Jesus. John is not about Mary much to the chagrin of the catholic. It is about Christ.
And recall, His last words on the cross were, "It is finished."
For context....here is my complete statement.
It is not in the Greek nor is the catholic claim that Jesus is giving all of us His mom. Nor is it in the Greek that this is making Mary the mother of the disciples.
However, I became a follower of Jesus at age eleven. That makes me a Christian.
I hope so
Uh, yes. I believe Jesus died for my sins...all of them.
The Word is clear...one comes to Jesus through faith. So yes, I am a Christian.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one, we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?
Is this for sure known to be her hoise or we think it’s her house?
Catholic do now bow down to plaster atatues and you know it. While they may pray to the person represented by the statue, they only use the statue as decoration and to remind them of whoever it is....Early Christianity was taught with statues, stained glass windows, pictures etc. because the people were illiterate for the most part.....worked just fine.
evaporation...global warming you know.
And while mary is that busy...Jesus has to come down at least once every day to every Catholic church on Earth in the Eucharist....BUSY-BUSY-BUSY ....and weekends....don't even think about it..OVERWHELMING.......WHEW!!!
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