HI, CB:)
I’ve been offline for the last few days. Worked a lot and had some obligations with Church and other groups.
I can only repeat what I have said here before.
What we see in the OT is all a prelude to the fulfillment of God’s promises in the person of Jesus Christ and His story in the NT.
The sacrifice was not THE acceptable sacrifice.
The prophets were mere shadows of THE PROPHET.
And the inauthentic worship shown to Semeramis and her son were exactly that as she was not the true “queen of heaven” and her son not the ONE SAVIOR.
Jesus and His mother are authentic and all honor given to her is due to her Son. HE is truly the light of the world and in now way is HIS light dimmed by the honor and attention given not just to His mother but to all those who hear and obey God’s word.
She is just the foremost of them and has a place unique to her.
I’m not going to try to convince you to believe anything. I believe that anything other than what the Apostles wrote becomes suspect. Certainly given the Apostles never once mention Mary after the Ascension of Christ is very telling. The entire Mariology myth is built on speculation and hearsay and not on scripture. If that is the religion you want you have made your choice and will have to answer for that.