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To: detective
The first commandment has nothing to do with the Blessed Mother.

The Second Commandment against making idols does however. I know Roman Catholics may not be as familiar with that one.

4“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

5“You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

6but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. Exodus 20:4-6 NASB

Now compare this to what the apparition at Fatima said about serving it.

1) Whoever shall faithfully serve Meby the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

2) The soul which recommends itself to Me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.

http://www.fatima.org/essentials/requests/promises.asp

You are trying to create a false dichotomy. You are saying that if you love Jesus you must not love the Blessed Mother.

Nope. It is the Roman Catholic who has created the false dichotomy which says we have to love Mary to love Jesus.

That is simply stupid.

It is unbiblical.

No one says The Blessed Mother is God.

The Roman catholic church has invoked her as Mediatrix, Advocatrix and Co-redemptrix.....all titles given to Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit. In essense they've elevated her to the status of Jesus.

No one says she should be worshiped as God.

The Roman Catholic idols of Mary they kneel before, pray before and light candles before say otherwise.

Your arguments boil down to you can only love Jesus if you have no love for his mother

Again...what is the Greatest Commandment?

203 posted on 08/04/2017 8:18:44 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

There is no sense continuing this.

You misrepresent what Catholics do and dishonestly claim that venerating the Blessed Mother means someone does not love Jesus and that someone is worshiping false idols.

I have patiently tried to explain to you why what you are saying is false.

You have no interest in anything but espousing your false idea that in order to love Jesus you can not love the Blessed Mother.


204 posted on 08/04/2017 8:26:34 AM PDT by detective
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