>>Troll.
Nothing but a troll.
To all posters. Do not feed the troll.
This troll is posting this because of this post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2671531/posts
A simple troll.<<
Actually the OP already gave that post as the reason for this thread. This is not trolling. It is something that really does stimulate good discussion.
And, FWIW, the post just above yours cuts to the core of one of the problems with this “Mary was perfect. Mary was ever virgin.” baloney.
I don’t get into these arguments much. I used to but I found that arguing with the people that really believe this stuff about Mary is very similar to arguing Man Made Global Warming AlGore followers.
A friend of mine once said that the average person, when they first become a Christian, spends the first few years studying scripture to form their understanding of God and their relationship with God, and then the rest of their life using scripture to defend that position, no matter how overwhelming the evidence against a particular belief might be.
This “Mary Worship” thing is an excellent example. You can pull out huge amounts of scripture supporting the fact that Mary was just a woman that was indeed blessed by being the mother of Jesus. But I think too many people don’t fully grasp the meaning of the word “blessed”. It is not a divine word. It means “bringing great happiness or good fortune”. You, know, just as any mother is blessed by having a child they want, Mary was blessed, but even moreso because her child was to be the Son of God.