2007-10-10 19:02:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mary should not be presented in front of God, since she was unrighteous person, a sinner and crack pot vessel like us. She was only blessed as a willing vessel.
2007-10-10 19:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
No, that idea came about when the church merged with Rome. Rome had male and female gods so the chuch thought that it would be easier for them to accept if they could put it into a way that they could understand, so they used the Jupiter and his mother as an example. Well, this kind of got out of hand, and some of the new christians got the idea that if they prayed to the mother, she could find special favor with the son and get your prayer through faster, when in fact in the bible, if people would ever read it, Jesus actually rebukes a woman who proclaims this idea. She screams out of the crowd,"Blessed is the woman who bore you and at who's breasts you nursed". Jesus said it is quite contrary, blessed are ALL who believe and receive. So because of the church merging with Rome who had a number of pagen gods, it did create quite a few problems and that is when people started being able to read the bible and found out that this stuff that they were being told to do was not in the bible that they changed from Catholic to other religions that spin off of it.They were just cleaning up all of the stuff that was added to it when it was merged in Rome. That is why it was called the Roman Catholic Church. They added a lot of pagen rituals to Christianity. Like the Big fan thing that the Pope has around him., and the chair that he sits on, if you will notice the way the cross is on the back of it, Well.... Just look it up. I think you will be able to believe it and accept it if you search and find the truth yourself. The basis is correct, they just added some junk that came from the pagens in Rome.
2007-10-10 19:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by gigi 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately there is no mandate in Scripture for using dead saints or Mary as intermediaries for prayers. Jesus said 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me' (John 14:6).
2007-10-10 19:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No Bible-believing Christian doubts that Mary was a virgin when she conceived and bore Jesus.The dogma that separates Catholics from Protestants and that is now even dividing Catholics is the perpetual virginity of Mary. The Bible allows us to respect and even love Mary as a faithful disciple of Jesus. Yet Prayers to her are Unscriptural.
2007-10-10 19:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by conundrum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see no Biblical justification for the view (that prayers to Mary are specially treated by Jesus).
Cordially,
John
2007-10-10 19:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't pray through Mary. Mary cannot answer your prayers.
Read Matthew 6:5-15
2007-10-10 19:22:26 · answer #6 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No!
The figure of Mary as de-ified and hearer of prayer, literally seperates and takes the kindness, gentleness, and feminine aspects of God away from Him.
Furthermore, our only intercessor is Christ. Mary was simply a human woman who chose to follow God's will, no matter how much it changed her life. She has no intercessory powers in heaven.
2007-10-10 19:17:01 · answer #7 · answered by peacedevi 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God accepts prayers regardless of the pipeline. There is no evidence that one form of prayer is better than any other. It's just that Religion likes to be the middle-man.
2007-10-10 19:11:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is scripture that says that Jesus is our Intercessor before the Father.
and scripture that says that the Holy Spirit is our Intercessor.
and scripture that calls believers on the earth to take up intercessory prayer for others.
but no scripture that names Mary as intercessor.
2007-10-10 19:16:00 · answer #9 · answered by opalist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO! and those who teach that are LIARS! Jesus said and it IS written ""I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me",,,also vss 13&14, So where did Jesus say TELL MY MOTHER, THEN SHE WILL TELL ME??????? You pray to her in vain.,,,,
2007-10-10 19:23:30 · answer #10 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not any more than praying directly to Jesus or the Father yourself. At least, not in my experience.
2007-10-10 19:15:16 · answer #11 · answered by angrygramma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋