[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.

[Outership]

Exactly. What Rome did was take a pagan religion and change some of the names to Christian names. An unholy marrying of Christianity and Satanism.

[firebrand]

really is the product of a lack of faith.

Yes! Good point. It is a matter of faith to believe that God is really right there. The most awe-inspiring realization, and it could make someone afraid, until we remember that he is an infinitely loving God, so different from most of our strictly human experience.

We don't need to be afraid of him (except for fear in the Proverbs sense). We don't need a go-between. Hallelujah!

[roamer_1]

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.

BRAVO! In fact, one need only study the Babylonian Mystery Religion to see where all such nonsense has it's root (including the mother goddess, "Queen of Heaven").

[Quix]

Well put.