[af_vet_1981]

No, but worshipping Mary IS idol worship.

I'm not aware of any Orthodox or Catholic teaching that Mary is a goddess. It seems to me that to assert Mary is being worshipped implicity asserts she is a goddess. Do you think Mary is a goddess ?

[Jim W N]

I think that the standard Catholic approach is to worship Mary which is idol worship. Mary was specially picked to be the mother of Jesus, but she was a sinful person just like anyone.

Only Jesus was sinless, the only Son of God and only Jesus should be worshipped.

[metmom]

I'm not aware of any Orthodox or Catholic teaching that Mary is a goddess. It seems to me that to assert Mary is being worshipped implicity asserts she is a goddess. Do you think Mary is a goddess ?

If she’s not, then why do Catholics treat her like one?

Catholics can deny all they want that they don’t think she is, but actions speak louder than words and what Catholics DO speaks a louder and different message than what their mouths say.

[Elsie]

I'm not aware of any Orthodox or Catholic teaching that Mary is a goddess.

Heck no!

A goddess would be capable of GOD-like actions!!

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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'!

[mrobisr]

“I’m not aware of any Orthodox or Catholic teaching that Mary is a goddess”

rcc’s pray to Mary and their god
rcc’s bow to Mary and their god
rcc’s kneel to Mary and their god
rcc’s offer sacrifice to Mary and their god
rcc’s serve Mary and their god
rcc’s get grace from Mary and from their god

And service is also included in the commandment thou shall not worship or serve other gods.