why would you pray to mary and in return have her pray to jesus why cant you jsut pray to jesus
and if in the christian point of view catholcs are wrong how come they are the oldest religion ??
but where in the biible does it say pray to mary ???
2007-01-31 05:14:19 · 10 answers · asked by umm hahah 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
but why do you pray to different saints too though???
instead of just praying to jesus to help you
2007-01-31 05:22:30 · update #1
but where in the biible does it say pray to mary ???
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Nowhere.
It's a Catholic tradition.
Catholism was not the first branch of Christianity.
Catholism means "the universal Church"
...Not anymore.
men can corrupt religion, but they can't change God, who is the word.
2007-01-31 05:20:05 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
They don't pray to Mary. They ask for her help. About as stupid as praying to Jesus. If you want to pray to something, why don't you pray to your god since thats where you want it to go anyway?
Jesus isn't your god, he's your god's son. And last I looked, both your god and Jesus said not to pray to idols. Praying to Jesus (or statues of him) is exactly that.
Hypocritical.
If Jesus ever existed and he was here today, he'd be horrified, and disgusted, at the way humankind has twisted his words and the religion he supported because you don't even live by what he told you to do.
2007-01-31 13:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) We ask for Her intercession. We do not pray "to" her.
2) Because she is a part of the church, the "Communion of Saints" that the Creeds talk about. Just as if I would ask for any member of the Communion to pray for me.
3) "But Mary is dead!" Yes, she is. And St. Paul says that death is on the list of things that will not separate us from the love of Christ.
2007-01-31 13:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mary is the Christian version of the Mother Goddess
2007-01-31 13:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also wondering a thing, Why must pray to Mary and Jesus but not pray directly to The Powerful God? They just human beings isn't it? But not a God?
2007-01-31 13:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Khamirul Bin Mataree 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible of The True Christian Faith says to pray to God
The Roman Catholic Cult was started around 300ad...
The True Christian Church was commissioned on the day of Pentecost following Christ's Ascension to Heaven... By Christ Himself in The Holy Spirit.
There is no reason for a non-believer to pray to any one... God dose not hear the prayer of the non_believer...nore dose he hear the insincere prayer of the believer
2007-01-31 13:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That is a good question, but Catholicism is not the oldest religion. Faith in Jehova is. People believed in God before they believed in Mary.
2007-01-31 13:25:27 · answer #7 · answered by dalan0201 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should not pray to any spirit other than God.
The church corrupted the word which was delivered by Jesus.
Nowhere - it is fabricated tradition for followers of religion and not the Faith as taught in the New Testament.
2007-01-31 13:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible instructs us to "pray for one another" (James 5:16), so we ask Mary to pray for us.
2007-01-31 13:24:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If Catholics are wrong, how come they are the oldest?"
Does the oldest have to be right?
They happen to be the first to get it wrong.
They are the oldest wrong ones.
2007-01-31 13:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋