[marshmallow]

Nothing gets some Protestants in a stew quite like Marian apparitions. They must be debunked at all costs and cannot be allowed to stand. For if only one is authentic, Protestant theology collapses like a house of cards. Reports of miracles at places like Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe sow absolute panic.

That God might send his Mother to warn us of the consequences of our actions and invite us to repent and turn back to Him, is unthinkable. For that is what all Church approved apparitions essentially say; "repent and come back to my Son". What's the problem with that?

Of course, God can give messages and prophesies to some plastic-haired, polyester-suited showman......excuse me, .........preacher, but He can't do the same through his own Mother.

Paranoid, illogical and silly.

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That God might send his Mother to warn us of the consequences of our actions and invite us to repent and turn back to Him, is unthinkable. For that is what all Church approved apparitions essentially say; "repent and come back to my Son". What's the problem with that?

It's not scriptural - is that a problem for you or not? God's Word tells you all you need to know. Furthermore, God always was - He doesn't have a mother. The man, Jesus, did because that is how He created man to be born. He doesn't go against His own way of creation. Why do you need anyone to tell you to repent that you are so willing to accept the Mary fallacy?

[metmom]

That God might send his Mother to warn us of the consequences of our actions and invite us to repent and turn back to Him, is unthinkable. For that is what all Church approved apparitions essentially say; "repent and come back to my Son". What's the problem with that?

It's already in the Bible. All anyone has to do is read it.

Why do Catholics need apparitions to tell them what has been in the Bible for 2,000 years? Isn't the Bible good enough? Don't they believe it? Does it really take an apparition to convince them of what God and Jesus have plainly said many times in Scripture?