Okay. I wanted to put all my posts into one but I was on my smart phone. This will not be short; but, it will be easier to follow and find points to critic or learn from if you like.
1. The importance of Mary.
2. Mary as the mediator?
Fast forward
3. Praying to statues?
4. Personal opinions and scripture
5. Final Words
I will say Christians, not Catholics, because
Romans 10:8-13 - But what does it say? “The word is - Bible Gateway
12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
To tell any Christian they are not a part of Christ because of
howthey worship Him without knowing their
personalrelationship with Christ is wrong. Please do not assume they are not Christian for following teachings you personally interpret as incorrect.
1. The Importance of Mary.
2.
Mary as the mediator?
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,..." (1 Tim. 2:5)
No where in Catholic doctrine does it say Mary
replacesJesus Christ as mediator. No where does it say she has the
same exact purpose as Christas a mediator. She is not
THEMediator between Christ and you.
Q:If you can find Catholic doctrine that shows where Mary replaces Christ as THE medatior with the same role as Christ, please do.
3.
Praying to Statutes?
And it says here: (In bold)
The
ONLYthing in Mass Catholics worship isthe Eucharist. Jesus Christ. When you add statues, it just makes me laugh in comparison to their worship to Christ
I won't repost all the scripture you've posted since they are in the Catholic Bible as well.
Q:When you kneeled to the t.v. and said "I love you God" and bowed in front of the wall and said "I love you God" were you talking to the tv or the wall or to God?
Q:Step further. Say you from Japanese culture. When you bowed in front of your mother (biological) picture did you bow to the frame, ink, and paper? If so, you went against scripture. Or did you bow out of respect to your
motherwho is not in the picture but in your heart and in your mind?
4.
Personal opinions and scripture
Jesus did not quote scripture verbatim. When He said "this is not my words but they are from my Father who sent me (John 12:49), that was His opinion. That was His belief. That was His True to which You follow. Your opinions should reflect what you know from Christ. If you need scripture to make you up, fine.
The problem with scripture is that we all see it in our own eyes. If u tell us what
yousee in it or how God is speaks to you through scripture, we will know the
contextof what you're saying without (hopefully) bias through our interpreters.
(We see what we want to see because you haven't told us what you want us to see.)
FINAL WORDS
Q:Can you explain in the minds of Catholics whether their veneration to Mary is the same they give to Christ without going by outside appearances?
Q:Also, can you show me in the Church's teachings and in their Bible where it says a Catholic can worship Mary as they do Christ?
You can fish around the posts I make. I will never understand how you do not know the difference between worship, respect, and veneration. Regardless if it is to a human, a dog, a block of wood, or a p pencil.
I had extra time on my hands. If you read this, great.
My point:Do you understand where I am coming from?