[Mark17]

The Blessed Mother is not a deity and Catholics do not worship her.

I disagree bro. I worshipped Mary, when I was a catholic. I don’t now, of course, since I am an ex catholic. And, I might add, according to Merriam-Webster, you DO worship Mary. You can deny it till you are blue in the face. I am not buying, what you are selling.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worship

When I was a catholic, I loved committing mortal sins, even though I could never get a priest to tell me, what was a mortal sin and what was a venial sin. Most Catholics that I knew in my catholic high school, enjoyed sinning. Most were worse sinners than me, and I was a grotesque sinner. Now that I left the Catholic Church, I don’t like to sin. I hate it. Sometimes I still sin, but nothing like when I was a catholic.
I hope you come out of the false religion and learn the truth. 🤣🙃🤑🤪 before 🔥

[smvoice]

I've often wondered who actually takes sin more serious, Catholics and others who depend on their works for their salvation, or saved believers, who understand Christ's FINISHED WORK for us, plus NOTHING, for our salvation. I've come to the conclusion that those who think they can eat a wafer, drink some wine, do some penance or say the daily rosary are the ones who take REDEMPTION and Justification so casually. Commit a sin? Pray a rosary. Commit a bad sin? Eat, drink, do some penance, crawl on your knees until they bleed. DO something. That's what is going to justify you. You did something. Did this?✔ Do that.✔ aahhhh, NOW I'm forgiven. As opposed to standing speechless before God. KNOWING what you deserve. But also KNOWING what Christ did for you. And your spirit bears witness with His. It wasn't ignored. It was PAID FOR. It's ALREADY been paid for.

[Elsie]

https://www.stempublishing.com/authors/turner/WGT_JND.html

from “Sketch of the Life and Labours of J. N. Darby”
John Nelson Darby on “adoration” — (hyperdulia or dulia)

“’The correctness of a formal and deliberate confession of faith is not always of itself a sufficient safeguard against error, in the habitual impression of the mind. The Romanists flatter themselves that they are safe from idolatry, because they distinctly acknowledge the truth, that GOD only is to be served (namely, with latria), though they allow adoration (hyperdulia and dulia) to the Virgin and their saints, to images, and to relics. To which it has been justly replied, that, supposing this distinction correct in itself, it would be in practice nugatory, since the mass of the people must soon, as experience proves, lose sight of it entirely in their habitual devotions.’