2007-12-06 23:48:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When you pray, the bible says you pray to your father in heaven, If your praying to anyone else (Jesus is the father) you will not be heard. Praying to anyone else is vain religion and tradition. Making yourself feel good but accomplishing nothing.
2007-12-06 23:52:36 · answer #1 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Definitely not! We have only one high priest, Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the one who receives our prayers and presents them to the Father. Just where "they" got this weird idea that people should pray to Mary is beyond many Christians as there is nothing in Scripture to support this.
2007-12-06 23:54:46 · answer #2 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Praying to the Saints
"‘And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob"? He is not God of the dead, but of the living . . .’" (Mark 12:26-27)
"Pray at all times in the Spirit with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me . . ." (Eph. 6:18).
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely . . ." (Heb. 12:1).
"And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints . . ." (Rev. 5:8).
2007-12-06 23:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by King James 33 1/3% 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No, she can't. Prayer is always to be to God only, not Mary. She can't hear anyone "praying" to her.
2007-12-06 23:52:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If she ever existed she has been dead for 2 thousand years. She cannot hear a thing as her ears are long since turned to dust.
2007-12-06 23:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not even when she was alive , unless people prayed out loud
2007-12-06 23:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are told by God not to try to contact the dead.
2007-12-07 00:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary who? My ex-girlfriend? I seriously doubt it.
2007-12-06 23:51:09 · answer #8 · answered by San Miguel 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes, as she is not dead, but with God in Heaven.
2007-12-06 23:51:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
no
2007-12-07 00:02:06 · answer #10 · answered by darkness breeds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋