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Once again you call my honesty and candor into question.

I did nothing of the sort and I resent your saying that. My comment had nothing to do with your "honesty" nor with your "candor." I posted your tag from yesterday and I posted your tag from today.

Is there no end to the victim-hood of RC apologists?

We simply mirror what the RC apologist says and believes. If you have a problem with that, say and believe something closer to Biblical historic Christianity. Mary is not a "dispensatrix of all graces."

I did nothing of the sort and I resent your saying that.

Stop. You're breaking my heart.

I posted your tag from yesterday and I posted your tag from today.

And that's all? Nothing else? Nothing to suggest that the change in tag had some particular cause or motive?

I quote your post in full, with the "interesting" part in bold:

Now this is interesting. For months your tag has been "Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee."
But beginning today you've changed your tag to "Deus autem noster in caelo;* omnia quaecumque voluit fecit. Alleluia."
And now you tell us "Mary is not my personal saviourette."
Not today, anyway.

If I were you, I'd resent while the resenting was good.

If you have a problem with that, say and believe something closer to Biblical historic Christianity. Mary is not a "dispensatrix of all graces."

I'm not presuming to speak for all "protestants" here, so hear me out and let me know your opinion(s)...

I don't think for one minute that those who disparage the praying, veneration, worship, whatever, to, for, or of, Mary, are doing so in any way to be hateful towards the mother of Jesus Christ. I think we have all consistently said she is blessed, honored, admired and held in esteem. It is the unbiblical notions and the extra-scriptural doctrines that "gets my (our) goat".

Here's an idea...folks want to pray "to" Mary and use all those flowery labels for her, go ahead, I won't and can't stop them. But, by the same token, they should not presume to tell, or insist, that others MUST also do the same as they do in order to be considered Christians. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt where faith is concerned. If the gospel, as clearly explained in scripture, is believed and acknowledged, who am I to judge what should be between a person and God? He alone sees the heart, I can only see the outward appearance - the fruit.

BTW...I'm trying out a new tagline.