Bismillah:
Quote:Let me just say quickly that I have a huge devotion
to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Catholics only worship
God. We honour
Our Lady as the greatest saint & creature to have ever lived.
What bowing down to the images of Mary has anything to do with <b>honoring</b> her? What praying to Mary has anything to do with your <b>devotion</b> to her?
What I really feel is, that you guys do worship those saints but you are just using different terms to describe your actions. (i.e instead of <b>worship</b> you use<b> honor</b>) but the acts of worship are clearly seen in your devotion to her.
Some people “Catholics of course” begged Mary to save their children from some kind of sickness, then when their children were healed; <b>they truly thanked and worshipped Mary instead of the One who created her</b>!! Can you see the danger?
Plus as I pointed in my previous post, you have millions of prayers a second being offered to Mary. People in Mexico, Russia, Europe, America, Philippines and all over the world, are praying the Rosary, asking Mary <b>to be there at the hour of their death</b>, asking her <b>to guide them</b>, <b>help them</b>, <b>teach them</b>, <b>secure for them eternal redemption </b> (something catholic believes that even Jesus did not do) and <b>imploring her to come dwell in their hearts</b> as though she was able to fulfill all these requests! Subhan Allah…
You and your fellow Catholic may deny that Mary is a god (or any other saints that you guys pray to) but by asking all these things of her, <b>she would have to be God to do them</b>, and since she is not God according to your beliefs, <b>then you should direct your prayers and supplications to the ONLY ONE WHO HEARS IT
.</b>
Salam
Wael