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This was posted by biblewonk. I'm curious. Do all you other Protestants agree with this? Is this a standard Protestant belief?

This question has been open at least a week.

The reigning answer seems to be "it doesn't matter."

Of course, I will be called a liar now for saying this.

(AlguyA) This was posted by biblewonk. I'm curious. Do all you other Protestants agree with this? Is this a standard Protestant belief?

This question has been open at least a week.

The reigning answer seems to be "it doesn't matter."

A few postings by tHe AnTiLiB in the last few days:

" It is pretty sad that fear of God and prayers to Him and the saints (INCLUDING MARY) have sustained the Catholic Church for 2,000 years and has not been surpassed in population since."

"The first Bibles were written in Aramaic, then translated to Greek, then Latin; or possibly Latin then Greek, but the first were written in Aramaic, you know the language Christ spoke."

"Not every person saved is a saint, I won't explain it, but it takes the process of canonization. There was no heaven until Christ died. No salvation, but a hell; so therefore a "limbo" (just a name)."

Are these standard Catholic beliefs?

No Catholic has responded.

The reigning answer seems to be "yes".

(Not a lie, but an extremely ignorant statement!

"This question has been open at least a week.

The reigning answer seems to be "it doesn't matter."

I've got to admit, I'm stunned at this. But so far, at least, your description of their lack of concern seems apt. The best we have -and I knew he'd come through, God bless the Calvinists- is from drstevej who admits, he doesn't "see any textual warrant to view Mary as a surrogate mother only."

On the flip side we have newgeezer's, ""Belief"? I'd be shocked if it's the subject of any doctrinal statements either way."

My heart sinks at such unconcern. Christ's humanity(along with His divinity) would seem to me to be the central point of the entire Gospel. I can't think of an issue more important.

No offense, folks, (and this is to the Protestants) but you all argue over how much water should be applied for baptism to be valid but you can't take just a few moments to maybe consider just who Jesus is?

I really don't know where to begin with this -except to say, I see more clearly than ever the work of the Holy Spirit through Christ's Church in the title, Mary, Mother of God.