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To: BipolarBob
You have asserted repeatedly that honor for Mary detracts from honor for Christ. But nothing is proven by mere assertion.

The commandments, which Jesus not only obeyed but perfectly fulfilled, say "Honor thy father and thy mother." Does it dishonor or detract from Him that He honored His mother? And we are not to honor her, whom He honored?

The entire Bible, the whole thing, includes repeated re-tellings of great things that God did for His people, together with the exhortation that these things must not be forgotten, but must be recounted to generations yet unborn. Just as one example out of hundreds, the book of Hebrews (Chapter 11) recounts an Honor Roll of great People of Faith for whom the Lord did great things.

Yes, failing to honor them is failing to honor God.

Praising the beauty of the Moon does not detract from the Sun, but makes us appreciate the Sun all the more, since the Moon's light is pale and reflected from outside, whereas the Sun's is robust and generated from within. The Moon is no rival to the Sun, it is a reflection of Sun's glory. The same is true of Mary: she is not the Lord's competitor, she is His mirror.

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; for He has looked upon His handmaid's lowliness, and behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed."


A Great Sign provided by God (Rev 12) that makes us praise Him all the more. We do not ignore her. We rejoice greatly with her, our blessed Mary!

302 posted on 06/01/2016 1:15:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (All generations will call me blessed.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
But nothing is proven by mere assertion.
Are there any instances that the other disciples honored Mary over and above what they would do for any other woman? There is nothing.

And we are not to honor her(Mary), whom He honored?
No, we are not. Gods Commandment says we are to honor our own mother and father. Not somebody elses. Let's do what God commands, shall we?

Rev. 12 is about Gods Church. Johns revelations are all about future judgments and the future of the Church and the future of us all in general. IF this was about Mary, I don't think John would have forgotten her name already, he would have used it. The context shows it is figurative and about Gods Church.

304 posted on 06/01/2016 2:01:19 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
But nothing is proven by mere assertion.

Really?

310 posted on 06/01/2016 4:03:53 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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