I believe people started hating Mother Mary about the same time as people started?
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maybe,even the early reformers held mary as important,somewhere along the line some yo' momma stuff started getting thrown in,sad huh. mother mary rocks.
854805
Not all Protestants said ugly things about the pope.  I make it a point to never say anything about Catholics, I'm Southern Baptist. Guess you taught me a lesson, huh?
501098
They are two different people.  Some think Jesus had an affair with Mary Magdalene.  Others think she may have been a prostitute. ANd, the other Mary is Jesus's mom.  She's the Virgin Mary.
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A bit of both. At the time of the gunpowder plot English Catholics were banned from observing their faith to an extent that would now seem barbaric to all but the most extreme Orange type. While I can understand the frustration Caitsby's group felt we should also take into account the backlash that resulted from this and the way their cause was set back for possibly hundreds of years as a result.
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Yes, it is idolatry and it's wrong. It's a part of the Catholic faith and what they've always done. They consider Mary holy because she was the mother of Jesus.  She was, but she should not be idolized for that fact. It is a sin.
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Yes, and the popes nationality should have reflected the majority of parishoners this time around, or where catholicism is really growing...that was a dissapointment...\n\nI grew up catholic...agnostic now...
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My Dear Friend,\n There have always been someone to find fault with our behavoiur,if this is the case for unfamiliar and ordinary people like us then ,misconcepts about Lord is expected,Mary Magdalene is a saint and a disciple of Jesus,Like anyone of us she is a believer of the True God
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I don't bash catholics, nor preach against it. I just don't understand why you pray to Mary, when Jesus never taught us to. When His disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray He said to pray like this, our Father which art in heaven......\nMary was blessed mother of Jesus, But Jesus said no one comes to the Father but by Me. \nI don't hate catholics, I just don't understand them, like many others. \nIt's good to have a forum like this to try to understand each other and their feelings. \nIt's a small world after all.
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Ive heard of christians that convert people at gunpoint. in my opinion thats a true christian (TM)  they have done that since Roman times and they will never stop being that way. the Mafia came from Rome and so did christianity. i dont think thats a coincidence.
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They were protesting the Catholic church's practices. Hence, Protestants.
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because those people are ignorant! and obviously full of hate! \n\nheres an example of how stupid Christians are and how anyone can take them seriously is beyond me! \n\nIn the 1920's my grandmother attended catholic elementary. she was born left handed so therefore it was natural for her to write with her left hand.  well back then Catholics thought it was evil and the work of the devil if you were born left handed because you were "different", and a  minority. My grandmother was slapped on her left hand  with a ruler by the nuns, sometimes till she bled, everyday until she was trained to use her right hand! We can look back on that today and think how ignorant ridiculous right? well one day well look back and say i cant believe gays were treated unequal! Its NOT A  F*CKIN CHOICE!!!! its how you are born! just like you a born left handed!
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Because Catholics are messed up in the head.  I don't even consider Catholicism the same as Christianity any more.
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if you read your the Bible then you will find that there is Mary the mother of Jesus , Mary Magdalen , and Mary the sister of Lazarus..so therefore there is three Marys that i remember............and they are all diffent people...
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Yes, you're right - it's very ironic....\n\nAnd Hell yeah, they act similar. So why do Christians hate them so much?? Yeah, I dont get it....\nHopefully someone can give you a better response to this question than I can.
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As a person living in a mostly Catholic country (Argentina) I have to say I definitely hate the church. I don't hate ordinary Catholics. Some of my best friends and a former girlfriend are Catholics. But the hierarchy is autoritarian, and invasive of non-Catholics' rights. To give you an example, the Minister of Health of Argentina (a sort of secretary of state) stated that condoms are usually safe. A Catholic priest said that this minister had to be thrown into the river with a stone round his neck for saying that. In other words, he was suggesting that a person who may or may not be a Catholic himself, had to be subjected to Catholic laws, above the laws of the state.
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Good thoughts.  I think we protestants under value Mary.  Much of what you are referring to is ignorance about what Catholics truly believe about Mary, prayer and the saints.
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All well and fine but I think you may be getting your Marys mixed up.  I believe that there may be two separate Marys.  Mary Magdalene: the forgiven prostitute and Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus of whom Jesus was a close friend. Cross reference various commentaries and see if this may be correct.