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To: RnMomof7
The truth is Catholics do not care what you think. We will pray as we see fit. There is no need to debate this and other issues regarding the Catholic faith because you do not hear our reasoned answers. You hear only what you want and make false interpretations of what we believe. Your attitudes about our faith is no different then how liberals go after conservatives. You think you are right and no amount of debate will change your mind.

Just understand the things people like you say about Jesus's Mother, the Catholic church and all those so called zingers is one of the reasons why we do wear a scapular, pray the rosary, and other various devotions to make reparation to Jesus for the hatred shown to his Mother. How would you feel if your mother was treated so horribly. Whether you choose to acknowledge Her importance in Jesus's life or not, doesn't change who She is and the respect She deserves. The Catholic faith is one of humility. I think you miss that point.

Faithul Catholics will pray for you with the words, "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." Pease be with you.
137 posted on 05/09/2015 12:16:39 PM PDT by JPII Be Not Afraid
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To: JPII Be Not Afraid
Whether you choose to acknowledge Her importance in Jesus's life or not, doesn't change who She is and the respect She deserves. The Catholic faith is one of humility.

Just wondering why you capitalized the word "she" twice.
140 posted on 05/09/2015 12:23:39 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: JPII Be Not Afraid
The truth is Catholics do not care what you think. We will pray as we see fit.

I hope they care what the word of God says ..I hope some might see the foolishness and superstitious practices that they are hoping will save them will fail

I hope to drive people to the word of God to seek truth of Christ..

146 posted on 05/09/2015 12:35:22 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: JPII Be Not Afraid

So are you seeking to establish censorship here, too, and pro-Catholic censorship in particular?

There are actually many reasons why evangelical Christians are troubled by Catholic doctrine.

Yes, the doctrine of your church says Catholics don’t worship Mary, so it is understandable how Catholics might believe they aren’t doing that, but words and deeds can be two different things. And, when we are talking about deeds that are more physical, like getting in water, or eating something, it’s a lot easier for everyone to tell if the deed is done or not. Worship, though, is in many ways not so physical.

Now, would you think it proper to call any other human than Mary, “our life, our sweetness, and our hope”? Why or why not? We who are born-again, evangelical Christians call Jesus “our life,” “our sweetness,” and “our hope,” and won’t call anyone else that.

Consider, too, that we know the Bible, and that from its beginning to its end, it speaks in the strongest terms of giving our worship only to God, and the New Testament writers wrote comprehensively about faith and the church and exalted only God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).

The New Testament writers also deliberately, by guidance of the Holy Spirit, avoided almost all reference to Jesus’ human family, Mary included, as a lot of other information (like about Jesus’ earlier life and appearance) was also left out. If the Christian faith was to be so much about Mary, then the Church could have recorded and preserved something about the rest of her life.

What troubles evangelicals is that so many of the very things we do as worship of God, including how we behold Him, Catholics do towards Mary. And we are not creating our own idea of what worship is, but going by what God Himself has revealed in His Word.


343 posted on 05/10/2015 1:07:35 AM PDT by Faith Presses On ("After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations...")
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