[Republican in CA]

Veneration is respecting a person for their greatness. Worship is respecting, revering, or loving a divine being.

As I posted earlier, worship is also, "extreme devotion, intense love or admiration of any kind." The point I tried to make is that some Catholics respect Mary as an example of faith, most blessed of all women, and some Catholics hold such "extreme devotion, intense love and admiration" that they are actually worshipping her.

[SoothingDave]

As I posted earlier, worship is also, "extreme devotion, intense love or admiration of any kind." The point I tried to make is that some Catholics respect Mary as an example of faith, most blessed of all women, and some Catholics hold such "extreme devotion, intense love and admiration" that they are actually worshipping her.

So if I love Mary a whole, whole bunch, it turns her into a deity? That's quite subjective.

I prefer to think that devotion offered to humans is "veneration" and devition and sacrifice offered to diety is "worship."

SD

[jamesissmall218]

You're simply not using the correct definition of worship. By its definition, you CAN NOT worship something that is not a divine being. Mary is not divine - she is human. Therefore she cannot, nor is she, worshipped.