[Dr. Eckleburg]

LOL. Have your read "the Cult of the Virgin Mary" by Carroll?

It's a fascinating read, illustrating the current and fairly recent idolization of Mary as a restatement of the Cult of Cybele and the outgrowth of a certain type of anti-male masochism.

Unlike my faith in Jesus Christ of which I know the origin.

"For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." -- Hebrews 6:13-20

[bornacatholic]

So? PLease post a citation from any Universal Catechism, any Papal Encyclical, any Ecumenical Council Teaching Mary is a goddess

[AlbionGirl]

and the outgrowth of a certain type of anti-male masochism.

With some very ugly consequences indeed, Dr. E.

Love Hebrews, and good post.