To: wagglebee; Dr. Eckleburg; metmom; Quix; wmfights
It is written, in the bible, that Enoch and Elijah went up bodily into heaven. It is not written that Mary did. It is a vain belief of man who must needs worship a mother goddess.
186 posted on
04/30/2010 4:46:29 PM PDT by
1000 silverlings
(everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
To: 1000 silverlings
If “sola scriptura” was mentioned in Scripture you would have a point, but “sola scriptura” is actually a 16th century man-made invention.
Additionally, the Church has NEVER suggested that the mother of God is a goddess.
200 posted on
04/30/2010 5:03:48 PM PDT by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: 1000 silverlings; wagglebee; Dr. Eckleburg; metmom; Quix; wmfights
It is a vain belief of man who must needs worship a mother goddess. It sure does make a church acceptable to a pagan Roman Empire with it's multiple gods and goddesses. Just as praying to saints who "can hear your prayers and help you" is really just a step below all the minor gods and goddesses that pagans worshiped. It's a clever adaptation to a sometimes very hostile environment, but it is wrong and really is the product of a lack of faith.
201 posted on
04/30/2010 5:05:01 PM PDT by
wmfights
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