What of the “Hail Mary’s”? I grew up Catholic.
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Replying to @LoveResurrects @TheBrometheus
I would love for someone to explain the concept of praying to Mary for me one day.
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Replying to @hmestedpadre @TheBrometheus
Going back far enough in Christianity...God is neither male nor female, yet both.
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Replying to @LoveResurrects @TheBrometheus
Theologically speaking God is neither Male or Female, not both. At least that's the way I learned it in college. Are you saying Catholics view Mary as God? I legitimately do not know. Going to a Baptist college Catholicism wasnt covered at all.
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The Creator isn't viewed as any gender -- how can it be when gender is a construct of this world and the Lord is above time,motion, space. The masculine term 'He' is used to denote aspects of 'his' nature in the same was 'she' is with regards to say, 'Mother earth'.
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I understand your thoughts, I was just reiterating what I had learned in school. But this doesn't get back to my original question. Why is Mary prayed to?
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In Catholicism, it's deemed there's a connection between heaven and earth hence the idea of mass.Thus, praying to Mary is asking for help to live life. Same with all Saints.
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Why not pray to God?
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Prayer is not worship, but communication. Catholics pray to Saints and Mary but only worship God.
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Now it makes more sense. To me as a Baptist, prayer is one if the highest forms of worship. Because Catholics look at prayer differently, it doesn't have the same meaning and is practiced differently.
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Exactly.
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