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Mon Mar-28-05 01:00 PM
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Mary is the first among the disciples. She is the only person that was both at the nativity and the cruifixtion. She knew that Jesus was God's son before anyone else.
FYI, Catholics don't "worship" Mary. We ask her to intervene on our part. Didn't you ever ask "Mom" to ask "Dad" for things?
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| -Why do Catholics adore Mary so much? |
nemo137 |
Mar-28-05 01:04 AM |
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Fetishization of the virgin. Mother complex. Madonna and Whore. |
FreepFryer |
Mar-28-05 01:09 AM |
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She is the mother of Jesus |
Reverend_Smitty |
Mar-28-05 01:09 AM |
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Really a broader question, but |
nemo137 |
Mar-28-05 01:13 AM |
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Not really because... |
Reverend_Smitty |
Mar-28-05 01:17 AM |
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so how do prayers that begin |
nemo137 |
Mar-28-05 01:20 AM |
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That I never really understood... |
Reverend_Smitty |
Mar-28-05 01:21 AM |
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Thanks anyway. |
nemo137 |
Mar-28-05 01:28 AM |
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As I understand it, Catholics do not pray directly to those |
murielm99 |
Mar-28-05 01:28 AM |
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we ask Mary and the Saints to pray with and for us Not to them nor through |
ElsewheresDaughter |
May-02-05 05:23 PM |
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You don't pray to a saint, you pray for the saint to intercede |
seriousstan |
Mar-28-05 08:35 PM |
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But you're still praying TO the saint, asking for intercession. |
trotsky |
Mar-28-05 09:15 PM |
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I guess it is just too subtle. |
seriousstan |
Mar-28-05 09:35 PM |
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No because Catholics pray for their intercession, not to them as Gods. |
Zynx |
Mar-30-05 12:09 PM |
#38 |
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Sufis pray to saints as well |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
May-03-05 05:58 AM |
#50 |
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John stayed with Christ |
JVS |
Mar-29-05 01:05 AM |
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Catholicism is at its heart very pagan |
DBoon |
Mar-28-05 01:10 AM |
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The division is usually geographic, not by class |
JVS |
Mar-29-05 01:07 AM |
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oddly enough |
tigereye |
Mar-29-05 11:38 AM |
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interesting point, tigereye |
riverwalker |
Apr-05-05 10:13 AM |
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She's the Mother of God, of course. |
Old and In the Way |
Mar-28-05 01:11 AM |
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*You* didn't perform your Stations of the Cross |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Mar-28-05 02:43 AM |
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Please, do not tell Sister Mary Barbara |
Old and In the Way |
Mar-28-05 11:14 AM |
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Your secret's safe with me |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Mar-28-05 06:08 PM |
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Sounds like your Dad was my kind of Catholic, LOL! |
Old and In the Way |
Mar-29-05 07:22 PM |
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Mary was still alive; Jesus gave her into one of his disciple's |
igil |
Mar-28-05 11:57 AM |
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Well anyone who raised such a great kid can't be all bad. =) |
ProgressiveConn |
Mar-28-05 01:18 AM |
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Catholicism took much from the natural paganism of Europe |
housewolf |
Mar-28-05 01:27 AM |
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The Joseph Campbell series |
shraby |
Mar-28-05 02:07 AM |
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Mary is a feminist, worshiped, above the objections of Rome |
imenja |
Mar-28-05 02:56 AM |
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The problem I'd always heard with Mary was that it was extra-biblical |
nemo137 |
Mar-29-05 01:14 AM |
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Religion in practice differs from scripture |
imenja |
Mar-29-05 08:54 PM |
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This is dead on |
adwon |
Mar-29-05 06:21 AM |
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Catholics do not worship Mary |
seekthetruth |
May-03-05 02:14 PM |
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in Latin America she is worshiped |
imenja |
May-10-05 07:37 AM |
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Because the popes couldn't competely stamp out the |
Selteri |
Mar-28-05 03:00 AM |
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i agree- |
justsomegirl |
Mar-30-05 03:07 PM |
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she essentially replaces the Goddess of pagan beliefs . . . n/t |
OneBlueSky |
Mar-28-05 03:20 AM |
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pagans had multiples goddesses |
imenja |
Mar-31-05 10:41 AM |
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Symbol of the Ultimate Mother. |
no_hypocrisy |
Mar-28-05 06:32 AM |
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Well, she had great comedic timing... |
komplex |
Mar-28-05 09:34 AM |
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My 2 cents... |
dryan |
Mar-28-05 01:00 PM |
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no, Mary Magdalene may have been a disciple |
imenja |
Mar-28-05 05:42 PM |
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Personal Will |
aneerkoinos |
Mar-29-05 08:16 PM |
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There is no way most people can know whether most other |
patrice |
Mar-28-05 04:39 PM |
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I wasn't implying an error |
nemo137 |
Mar-29-05 01:16 AM |
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They believe *she* was born without sin--I think? She is an intercessor... |
tjdee |
Mar-30-05 04:41 PM |
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Not being raised... |
madeline_con |
Mar-31-05 01:14 AM |
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A variety of reasons, I think |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Mar-31-05 04:02 PM |
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A very polytheistic faith |
Stuckinthebush |
Apr-01-05 01:06 PM |
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it is far from polytheistic |
imenja |
Apr-05-05 05:14 AM |
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not Catholic, but I adore Mary |
riverwalker |
Apr-05-05 10:08 AM |
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poor God, ALL these disobedient children and no mother to help out! |
ElsewheresDaughter |
May-02-05 05:14 PM |
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There are a number of issues here. The answers |
seekthetruth |
May-03-05 12:53 PM |
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Mary became central to Catholic doctrine in an attempt to supplant Goddess |
hecate77 |
May-05-05 06:47 PM |
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Jesus had a brother named James.. |
Disturbed |
May-06-05 12:40 AM |
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Catholics believe |
jaredh |
May-07-05 01:20 AM |
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One comment |
shawn703 |
May-09-05 02:31 PM |
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Probably right. However, didn't Theresa of Avilla see Jesus supposedly? |
hecate77 |
May-09-05 11:42 PM |
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My first impression when I read about the Miracle at Fatima |
shawn703 |
May-10-05 03:25 AM |
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Christ said to messengers many times... |
Dcitizen |
May-07-05 04:35 AM |
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Mary, Mother of the Church |
PATRICK |
May-07-05 08:34 PM |
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It was one of those things |
PATRICK |
May-09-05 03:47 AM |
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Mary is a "modern" phenomenon |
jbnow |
May-09-05 11:38 PM |
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In Latin America her importance dates from the sixteenth century |
imenja |
May-10-05 07:40 AM |
#64 |
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