Your post might be a more accurate reason historically as to why they need a ‘sinless’ Mary.
That Queen of Heaven religion has been around since right after the flood of Noah.
We can get into the Scriptures ad nauseam over why idolatry, graven images, bead-using, and bizarre religious rituals conducted in darkness are against God, but their minds are shut. My entire family is enslaved to Rome and it’s rituals.
IMHO, what I learned growing up is that we could always “count on Mary” to listen to our prayers when we did wrong or sinned. God would be very angry with us and want retribution, but she would receive our ‘prayers’ and pass them on to Him so in essence you cut Jesus out of the equation. We could always count on the ‘love of a mother’ to win over the ‘anger of a father’.
Tell me that isn’t diabolical to it’s core?
SIDE NOTE: A few years ago some old catholic aunt of mine died and the priest gave the eulogy at a mass in Mexico, the whole nine yards. My uncle who was present, told me that just after the service started the sound of the most wicked woman howling - like a tormented demon woman screaming was heard throughout the entire building.
Uncle who was ‘worldly’ was spooked and said it didn’t sound human. The priest stopped mid-sentence, and the entire congregation was silent for about 10 seconds. He then continued with...”well...as I was saying”.
The weird things that happen in those circles. I could write a book about them.
It probably wasn’t human. A fallen angel perhaps? I know, when my dad died, I had to come all the way back to the states from Germany. It took me 36 hours to get home. The C-5 I was supposed to ride on broke down, so it took longer. Anyway, when I arrived at the hospital room, I just had a sense there was evil in the room. It was almost palpable. I only felt that way once before, when I had to fly from Rhein Main Air Base, Germany, to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. It seems I could sense I was in an evil place.
I had heard, that when lost, unsaved people die, sometimes they say they feel like they are on fire, getting a taste of Hell, before their time. I have heard that. I don’t know if it’s true or not. Where I worked, I saw many guys croak, and I never once saw it. I didn’t like it when guys kicked the bucket, when I was in duty, since I had to fingerprint their sorry butts. 😁🤪🤑 I didn’t like that much. 👎
The portrayal of God as a petty, vengeful, intolerant dictator who must be appeased IS diabolical to the core.
It’s completely contrary to the nature of the Father as portrayed in the account of the prodigal son.
Extremely diabolical! And exactly what I’ve heard many times over from Catholics and former Catholics.
I’m just thankful that even if my grandparents attend a catholic church, their understanding of Scripture is far more Biblical and Christ-based than these others. They ditched the larger organization when the sex scandals came out, and apparently just stay with the congregation out of inertia.