I’m going to reply on this part of what we’re talking about, closeness to Christ, which is part of what I brought up in my previous post. But before I do, I have to ask you to reply on what the main points of that post and what we’ve been talking about have to do with, which is Catholic belief on Mary. Clearly Roman Catholic prayers to her say things such as, as I pointed out, that Catholics entrust themselves their salvation to her, and dedicate and consecrate themselves and all they are and have, body and soul, to her. How, given all that Scripture plainly says over and over again (including in passages quoting Jesus and what His Apostles wrote) can Christians be expected to hold such beliefs and say such prayers? And I have to add that any church which holds such beliefs, has, I would have to say, judging by God’s Word, lost much if not all of its authority.
Try reading the last 2,000 years of REAL Christian history, instead of 500 years worth of PROTESTant history and you’ll get an idea of why Catholics and Orthodox hold Mary in such high esteem. By the way the great PROTESTant hero Martin Luther didn’t share your beliefs about the mother of God. His shared the same beliefs as Catholics do today.