If Mary is the mother of God, why she is not consider a a GODDESS?
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She basically is considered that by Catholics, but they would never admit to that description.
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They should seem similar, Mary is just a dim copy of Brigid.\nBrigid was actually a goddess, and where we get the word "bride." She was transformed later into a saint when those who worshiped her wouldn't let go of her.
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I was born into catholicism...and you may be right.I care not for religion.\nHere is a fact for you my furry little friend-I have f**ked many mothers in my life therfore I am officially called a MOTHERF***ER!!!!!!
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Answer:  Mary hears no ones prayers.  She's not God.  The Bible says "There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."  1 Tim 2:5\n\nJesus Christ is my intercessor. Heb. 7:25\nMary can mind her own business and stick to her knitting!
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That is nowhere in the Bible, it says that she found favor in God's eyes. So did several other people in the Bible, but they made mistakes, they were only human. Mary was just the woman God chose to give birth to Jesus, she wasn't sinless, just favored.
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Before we get into looking at specific Scriptures, it is important to understand why the Roman Catholic Church believes in the perpetual virginity of Mary. The Roman Catholic Church views Mary as "the Mother of God" and "Queen of Heaven." Catholics believe Mary to have an exalted place in Heaven, with the closest access to Jesus and God the Father. Such a concept is nowhere taught in Scripture. Further, even if Mary did occupy such an exalted position, her having sexual intercourse would not have prevented her from gaining such a position. Sex in marriage is not sinful. Mary would have in no way defiled herself by having sexual relations with Joseph her husband. The entire concept of the perpetual virginity of Mary is based on an unbiblical teaching, Mary as Queen of Heaven, and on an unbiblical understanding of sex.\n\nSo, what does the Bible say about the perpetual virginity of Mary? Using the New American Bible, which is a Catholic translation of the Bible, we can see that the perpetual virginity of Mary is not taught in the Bible. Matthew 1:25 NAB tells us, "He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus." He, Joseph, did not have sexual relations with her, Mary, UNTIL after she bore a son, Jesus." The meaning of this Scripture is abundantly clear. Joseph and Mary did not have sexual relations until after Jesus was born. Matthew 13:55-56 NAB declares, "Is He not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not His sisters all with us?" Catholics claim, correctly, that the Greek terms from "brothers" and "sisters" in these verses could also refer to male and female relatives, not necessarily literal brothers and sisters. However, the intended meaning is clear, they thought Jesus to be Joseph's son, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, and the brother of the unnamed and unnumbered sisters. Father, mother, brother, sister. It is straining the meaning of the text to interpret brothers and sisters as "cousins" or "relatives" with the mentioning of Jesus' mother and father.\n\n Matthew 12:46 NAB tells us, "While He was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and His brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with Him." See also Mark 3:31-34; Luke 8:19-21; John 2:12; and Acts 1:14. All mention Jesus' mother with His brothers. If they were His cousins, or the sons of Joseph from a previous marriage, why were they mentioned with Mary so often? The perpetual virginity of Mary cannot be drawn from Scripture. It must be forced on Scripture, in contradiction to what the Scriptures clearly state.
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Well apart from being Jesus' love, Mary was a disciple and she was one of the inner circle. She was extremely intelligent, and many considered this unusual and didn't like her for it. I think much injustice has been done to her. The Catholic church has admitted that calling her a prostitute was an error (bible doesn't say this either), and now she's a saint. But she must be more than a saint and time will set things straight.
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No.\nShe was blessed among women but not one to be worshiped.
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Mary was a normal human like everyone else.  She never preformed miracles, and she didn't stay a virgin much longer after Jesus was born.  She gave birth to Jesus' brother.    And right now (sorry Catholics) Mary is a dead woman who is nothing special.  What if a woman named "Suzan" gave birth to Jesus?  Would people start praying to "the virgin Suzan"?  Dead people don't hear prayers, only God does.
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Jesus was a human being and a prophet of God. Not God. Mary, just a simple lady, was a virgin who was gifted a child - Jesus.\nGod has no parents, no wife and certainly no children. He begets not nor is He begotten. And that is the truth! :)
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Jesus is our intercessor and mediator, there is only one mediator between man and God, and that is Christ Jesus.\n\nIt is a form of worship to go to Mary, "Hail Mary" is a form of worship. \n\n"Holy Mary,\nMother of God,\npray for us sinners now,\nand at the hour of death."\n\nThe Hail Mary is chanted several times, as if it's some sort of mystical, magical phrase, yet Christ warns against praying in such a manner!\n\nMatthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.\n\nThe Bible does say that elders are to be fetched for the sick believer, that they may pray over them and annoint them with oil. But church elders are men, not women. Even Paul when he was in a house full of "prophetesses" had a male prophet come to tell him he would be taken to Rome bound.\n\nSecondly, Mary was the mother of the flesh of Christ, not the "mother of God"! When one woman (maybe the first recorded feminist in the Bible) praised the "paps that gave you suck", focussing on His mother rather than His teachings, he chided her saying "Yeah rather, blessed are they that hear my words and obey them!" Christ is not some little child that has to always obey His mother, rather He time and time again stated He does the will of His FATHER, in Heaven, not His "mother"!\n\nIt's rather sad, because the Catholic saint worship leads to catholics "adoring" statues!\n\nGod never EVER says to pray to someone else, so that they may pray for you, and God NEVER allowed the Israelites to make images of anything in Heaven or on Earth, to be used in worship. Statues of angels were allowed for decoration, but NEVER to be prayed to or bowed before! The mercy seat was not bowed to, but the very presence of GOD on it! It was a throne of Sorts for God amongst the Israelites! JUst because we live in an age of grace does not mean God absolutely did away with the law!\n\nExdodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:  \n5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;  \n6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.  \n\nCatholics use this verse as a defense for their image worship, saying that only images of false gods are forbidden, yet look at the wording "or any likeness of any thing in Heaven or on Earth..." Are gods walking around on this earth? Are there gods swimming around in the sea?\n\nThey use the excuse that they aren't praying to the statue, but to whom it pictures, they somehow need the image to better connect to the person it pictures. Where is that Scriptural? God never had the Israelites make an image of HIM when they were to pray to HIM! They do the same thing with pictures of people. How many times do you see in a movie someone talking to or crying over a picture of a lost loved one? Catholicism is the inspiration of such imagery, but it is NOT Scriptural! ALL statues are an artist's concept of the person in question, there were no photo graphs or even stone portraits made of Mary, hence, any images made today of the supposed virgin Mary, is not really a picture of her anyways! If catholics need images to get connected to a "saint" then they are praying to artist concepts and not to a real person, which is then in and of itself, idolatry! It's the paying to a false god of your imagination!\n\nMary worship, and it IS Mary worship, is tied in with the "adoration" of "Mary" and "saint" statues. At best it's adults playing with dolls and crowning dolls, at worste it is blatan
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To the best of my knowledge, no religion on Earth believes that the Immaculate Conception is the virgin birth.\n\nCatholics certainly do not.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Catholics don't worship or adore Mary. We venerate her, and call her blessed, just as Scripture shows. (Luke 1:48). \n\nCatholics request Mary's intercession because the fervant prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. (James 5:16). It's hard to find someone who fits this description more than Mary. This is not asking Mary to mediate (Jesus Christ is the only one with that role (Tim 2:5)), merely to intercede. It's similar to St. Paul asking fellow believers to pray for him. (Romans 15:30, Col 4:3, and other verses).\n\nNeither do Catholics practice idolatry, because they do not worship statues, or anything else created. Exodus 20:4-5 prohibits the making of images for the purpose of worshiping the image, but does not prohibit image-making altogether. (In Exodus 25:18-19, G-d commands Moses to make statues of cherubim.) Statues and other images are used as an aid to faith by helping to call to mind that which they represent, but the image itself is not worshipped.
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No.. there are two marys.. mary the mother of Jesus.. and Mary Magdalen.. the prostitute Jesus saved from getting killed by a mod..
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Sri, also known as Lakshmi is the most commonly worshipped Hindu goddess. Since hinduism probably has the largest body of goddess worshippers of any particular religion, it is a safe bet that Sri is number one.\nSome people would define the cult of Mary within Christianity as a form of Goddess worship. However, this probably doesn't count since the worshippers of Mary themselves would probably not agree.
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That stuff about the Great Mother is bull... it's not possible that every goddess originates from the Great Mother, which is what every scholar wants to argue.\n\nAnyway, the reason the virgin is connected to childbirth is that, according to the legend, she helped her mother give birth to her twin, Apollo.
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The biggest difference is that catholics believe in the virgin mary as a god. because Jesus is God, catholics believe Mary must have been a god as well, thus Jesus would be 100% God. however, the Bible makes no claims for mary being a god. Jesus was 100% God and 100% man.