Thanks for your honesty.
1. I believe that the "Mary = the Ark of God" notion to be a camel's nose under the tent that the RC's take to wild and very UNBiblical extremes.
2. They use that notion to support the Deification of Mary to very UNBIBLICAL AND UNGODLY lengths--any would be too far!
2.1 It is virtually lock-step with the slight of linguistic hand which they use when they BRAZENLY INSIST that Mary is the "Mother of Gawd!" . . . knowing full well, that gives them an enormous leg-up on yet another layer and embelishment of Mary's deification.
2.2 I have no apologies for standing fiercely and forcefully against that horrific idolatrous heresy.
2.3 I can well understand how the metaphor thrills and warms the hearts of those so intent on deifying their favorite mother figure. I don't find it Biblical nor accurate.
2.3.1 CHRIST is NOT some "ARTICLE" placed in some 'box' of wood or flesh! CHRIST IS THE LIVING WORD; CREATOR GOD; THERE FROM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD!
2.3.2 I have long thought that God withdrew the real Ark from public or private use for centuries partly because THE LIVING WORD was to be the 100% ENTIRE FOCUS of those seeking a RELATIONSHIP with God vs a RELIGION with IDOLATROUS ARTICLES to focus on.
2.3.3 The hymns, poems and imagry fondling of the whole metaphor of Mary = Ark are blasphemous in construction and operation. At a minimum they divert, distract from Christ's Glory. Folks who think THAT pleases the authentic MARY OR FATHER GOD ARE truly delusional as well as UNBiblical.
2.4 Even IF I were to say that there's some degree or level that the metaphor would be functionally edifying and illustrative, I couldn't BEGIN to travel a millimeter down the road to where the RC's take it. I find it much more RATIONAL to nip it in the bud, cut it off at the root level.
2.5 What does the metaphor offer Christians that is lacking from the straight Gospel? NOTHING!
2.6 INDEED--it is YET ANOTHER FARCE ABOUT THEIR BELOVED
2.7 NO THANKS to the least degree. What an INSULT to the authentic Mary. SHE HERSELF cringes or worse at every such focus on herself vs on Christ HER LORD.
3. This thread began with plenty of VERY OUTRAGEOUS assertions very brazenly put.
4. I'm not, per se, ridiculing any individuals but am fiercely articulating contrasts to perspectives, beliefs, assertions, postulations, positions. There's a difference. USUALLY, most Proddys appreciate those differences between INDIVIDUALS and the beliefs etc. of the individuals much more than RC's do. Of course, if folks CHOOSE to FEEL ridiculed, that's their business and their problem.
5. Quite a contengent of FREEPERS of various persuasions have been utterly and thoroughly 100% convinced that Quix is a certified or certifiable loon, idiot, demonized, psychotic, mean-spirited etc. almost from the beginning. I doubt anything I could do or say or not do or not say would alter their perceptions on such scores 1/1,000,000th of 1%
Joe Pro Bono graciously provided a gif some time ago in honor of such attitudes and perspectives:
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