Why do Roman Catholics worship Mary more than Jesus - I am genuinely curious. I have a R.C. friend and someti

sometimes envy her complete belief in the Holy Mother.

Why do Roman Catholics worship Mary more than Jesus - I am genuinely curious. I have a R.C. friend and someti
if you ask something of mary , are you not then praying to her ...??
Reply:Like many Anglicans I understand the request for Mary to pray for them but think it distracts from the fact that according to St Paul we already have an Advocate in Christ himself. This does not discount to importance of Mary Mother of Christ but it puts emphasis in the correct place
Reply:I assume you're referring to the old "pray to Mary" misconception. Pay close attention, and you'll actually *hear* Catholics asking Mary to pray FOR them, much like you might ask a friend or relative (alive or dead) to pray for you.





Many Christians believe Mary, the Saints, and Jesus are alive and well spiritually in Heaven, and prayer is a spiritual thing.





Catholics don't worship anyone except God. Adoration of Mary/Saints/Jesus are just one of many ways to worship God.





God bless. (notice I didn't say "Mary bless"?)


Have a great Sunday...
Reply:When I was in Catholic school, we never prayed directly to Mary or any of the Saints. The purpose was to ask them to intercede with God on our behalf, but essentially we only prayed TO God. Protestants, especially Southern Baptists, don't seem interested in the explanations, but rather seem to just enjoy the heck out of hating Catholics.
Reply:Christianity, being a male monotheism, has no place for the female gender. But this psychological element will break out in any case. It broke out in Maryology and many people find consolation here.


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Reply:the official roman catholic position is that they worship only god (father, son and holy spirit) but venerate Mary and other saints - veneration meaning that they hold her in high regard and honour, but this is not to be equated with worship
Reply:Sorry, but you are presently guilty of perpetuating one of the biggest myths about Catholicism. Fact is that this simply is not true. For one thing, they don't worship Mary at all. They revere here, but it is more akin to respecting your mother than it is to worship. Secondly, anyone who has spent any time in a Catholic service knows that Jesus is the star of the show. Sounds like you could use to study up more on this if you are really interested.
Reply:NO
Reply:Christianity is the acceptance of Jesus' sacrifice one's behalf as the way to God. That entails accepting that one is unable to save oneself, which is offensive to human pride (and is meant to be). By treating Mary as the way to God, Catholics are encouraged to believe that they can be accepted by God through Mary, bypassing Christ; but this cannot occur, because only the humbling that comes from accepting 'the cross of Christ' will suffice. Because the Catholic message is easy, preserving human pride, it is popular- but it is fatal. No pain, no gain.
Reply:Roman Catholics don't worship Mary, only venerate her. Roman Catholics worship God.
Reply:I've been Catholic my entire life and I'd say it's not true. Mary is not worshiped more than Jesus. Maybe it seems that way because other denominations don't focus on Mary as much? Hard to say.
Reply:Can you imagine a tougher job in the universe than raising the son of God? I didn't think so.
Reply:There is an old theory that when Christians were starting to become a fledgling religion, a local cult that worshiped the earth mother and built statues to her decided to defect to Christianity after their leader went insane. When asked about the statues of the woman, they responded that it was the Virgin Mary.





No proof of this story what-so-ever, but it is silly enough to be true or completly false.
Reply:That is not true, when we pray sometimes we ask the mother of God to pray along with us. And sometimes we ask her to pray for us and our children, and anything else that is worrying us. Then our main prayers are to Jesus asking for help for anything we need.
Reply:For the first 280 years of Christian history, Christianity was banned by the Roman empire, and Christians were terribly persecuted. This changed after the “conversion” of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine “legalized” Christianity at the Edict of Milan in A.D. 313. Later, in A.D. 325, Constantine called together the Council of Nicea, in an attempt to unify Christianity. Constantine envisioned Christianity as a religion that could unite the Roman Empire, which at that time was beginning to fragment and divide. While this may have seemed to be a positive development for the Christian church, the results were anything but positive. Just as Constantine refused to fully embrace the Christian faith, but continued many of his pagan beliefs and practices, so the Christian church that Constantine promoted was a mixture of true Christianity and Roman paganism.


Constantine found that with the Roman Empire being so vast, expansive, and diverse – not everyone would agree to forsake their religious beliefs and instead embrace Christianity. So, Constantine allowed, and even promoted, the “Christianization” of pagan beliefs. Completely pagan and utterly unbiblical beliefs were given new “Christian” identities.


The Cult of Isis, an Egyptian mother-goddess religion, was absorbed into Christianity by replacing Isis with Mary. Many of the titles that were used for Isis, such as “Queen of Heaven,” “Mother of God,” and “theotokos” (God-bearer) were attached to Mary. Mary was given an exalted role in the Christian faith, far beyond what the Bible ascribes to her, in order to attract Isis worshippers to a faith they would not otherwise embrace. Many temples to Isis were, in fact, converted into temples dedicated to Mary. The first clear hints of Catholic Mariology occur in the writings of Origen, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, which happened to be the focal point of Isis worship.
Reply:They don't. Almost as much, perhaps. Why bother with ANY intermediary though?
Reply:This conception that Catholics worship Mary, is one that most religions think wrong about the Catholics


They [catholics] in simple terms' ask Mary to intercede and pray to the father for help,


Only God can make miracles, Mary is a gateway,


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Reply:I'm not an RC, but my father was raised RC and taught me that he never prayed to Mary, but rather asked her to pray on his behalf.....kind of like asking a pastor to pray for you....he figured, to be chosen as the one worthy to give birth to God's son, she must have a little pull upstairs, so it can't hurt to ask her to look out for you or put a good word in......
Reply:That's a myth. And I'll bet you already knew that.
Reply:Venerate is just another word for worship
Reply:we never worship MAry..thats the truth..


those are just devotions for Mary...


asking for her intercession on our prayers...


every devotions to Mary is still for the glory of God..





Mary is called the Holy Mother because he is the mother of Christ,the Messiah....


the Son of the Living God


and through Him(Jesus),


we became also the children of Mary...
Reply:they don't worship her more than jesus. but they do pray to her. This is because according to the RC faith she was the mother of Jesus- and Jesus is one with God and the Holy Spirit. Also she was the one who stepped on the devil and held him down. She keeps the devil away because he is scared of her. She's responsible for a lot of miracles.