[starlifter]

Sweetheart, you are not as smart as you think you are, taking a prayer out of context, applying random Bible quotes, then using your fecund imagination to contrive a preordained conclusion.

[CynicalBear]

>> Sweetheart, you are not as smart as you think you are, taking a prayer out of context<<

Out of context? I think not. I take the words as they were spoken.

[smvoice]

Darling, you do not appear to be as truthful as you think you are.

"O Virgin most holy, none abound in the knowledge of God except THROUGH THEE; NONE, O Mother of God, OBTAINS SALVATION EXCEPT THROUGH THEE, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except THROUGH THEE." - Pope Leo XIII, Adiutricem Populi.

"God has committed to her (Mary) the treasury of ALL good things, in order that everyone may KNOW that THROUGH HER are OBTAINED every hope, every GRACE, and ALL SALVATION. For this is his will, that WE OBTAIN EVERYTHING THROUGH MARY." - Pope Pius IX, Ubi Primum.

IF she is the dispenser of ALL SALVATION, and through her and her alone can salvation be attained, then she is necessarily worthy of worship. No matter how your church tries to spin it, she is worshipped if she is the source of your salvation.