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To: jamesissmall218
James: "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."

I think what you really mean is that I'm not using your definition of worship. Unfortunately, I think people commonly worship things that are not divine--it gets us into lots of trouble.
484 posted on 04/07/2005 5:15:41 PM PDT by Republican in CA
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To: Republican in CA

No. You aren't using Merriam-Webster's definition of worship. You aren't using the English language's definition of worship. I really don't know what to tell you other than that the Catholic church does not worship Mary. We do not see her as a 'god' or above God. She is a person to be respected. She is a person to be looked up to. But she is only a person. She is not divine. We do not pray to her to save us, we ask HER to pray FOR us. Just look at the prayers. In the Hail Mary, it says "Holy Mary, mother of God, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, now and at the hour of our death." In the Our Father, it says "give us this day our daily bread, and FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." If you can not see the difference in this then you are being blinded by your misguided preconceived notions of what Catholicism is.


490 posted on 04/07/2005 7:32:51 PM PDT by jamesissmall218
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