[Desdemona]

"What about the woman with the issue of blood that believed if she just touched Jesus' robe she would be healed?

What about the woman who gave her two mites in the temple.

What about Mary Magdelan, Mary and Martha.

What did Jesus have to say about all these women?"

What about these women? With the exception of Mary Magdelan, and to an extent Martha, they are each examples of great believers, not main characters or actors or players in the story. Christ had some wonderful things to say about these women, but none had a mother's priviledge the way Mary does and none appears as often.

And, yes, I do believe that Mary was conceived specifically to be the vessel to bring Jesus into the world. You don't think God would just choose anyone.

As for worship, just, please, don't go there.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

As for worship, just, please, don't go there.

I wasn't going there. If you read my post I said the RCC "doesn't" teach that. I was defending you guys on that issue. Your "defensivism" about this topic speaks loudly about this issue. Are you uncomfortable with the way your church handles it. The reason I repsoned at all was because of the way salvation referred to "Protest-ant's." You seemed to second the remark. I should have addressed my first response to both of you

I am not insulting you, I am trying to clear up the misconceptions you stated about "Protestant" attitude toward Mary. Absolutly no insult intended as my original post was clear on if you weren't looking for an insult:)

Becky

[ELS]

I think the protestants are confused by our veneration of Mary because it is similar to their worship of God. There is a vast difference between the way Catholics worship God in the Mass and how Catholics venerate Mary. No Catholic thinks that the Eucharist/Real Presence is Mary. Since Protestants, in general, don't believe in the Real Presence, one can understand how they have a hard time differentiating between the worship of God and the veneration of Mary by Catholics.