Matigo: Are all images idols? No way. Are all idols images? Yes. We may have to be knowledgeable enough in the English language to make this distinction before we make baseless accusations. Moses made the bronze serpent? He also made the covenant box? I guess these were not images in your opinion. Or were they idols?

Mftivi:
you dear you have succeeded in lying to yourself Mary is not your mum. Mary is dead and won't hear you Even if she is heaven . when you pray to her you are giving her the attribute of the omnipresent God . and don't say you tell her to pray for you. you pray to her to pray for you because its generally known that its through prayers that mortals talk to spirits though she can't hear you . you bow at her image you chant some jargon rosary to top it all you are so confused for saying that I loose benefits for not praying to Mary hahhha are you for real? read oxford definition of worship and read my comment again. don't hold to some jargon the word of God is okay don't add if it werent complete, he won't give it out yet to us cost He is not an author of confusion. You guys claim Peter was the first pope abi where did he talk about. honoring Mary and praying to her. God forgot to tell Him? mtchewww eternity is not a try and luck game be on the safe and sure side. don't mean u should com to my church I mean you should stick to Gods word and obey it.

Nnamdifranc: hahaha... Pls dear i tink ure d one confused,u protestants are trying to insinuate that it is wrong for catholics to HONOUR Mary ,then i gave u an instance in d bible were God said we shuld HONOUR our parents,that waz to show u it waznt wrong to honour anoda being apart from God then ure sayin mary is nt my mother,..if God shuld tell me to honour my earthly mother,i dnt see any reason in any form y he (God) shuld be against me also HONOURIN the mother of his son Jesus christ wo is also God,if Jesus christ is my Lord and God,then his Mother Mary is also my mother but nt my biological earthly mother jst as u said but nw my heavenly mother jst as Jesus christ and God the father in d trinity are not my biological earthly father here on earth but my heavenly father,so dear Mary is my mother
And ure sayin she's dead,yes of course,she died wen she waz still on earth but her body waz taken to heaven,...and u also said she doesnt hear me even if she is in heaven,Do u hav a solid proof for that? No!..but me and other catholics wo pray to her to intercede on our behalf to her son knws she hears us and can proof that from some hapenings in d chuch e.g som of her apparitions[wich som Ignorant minded protestants attribute to satanic occurances witout even knwin the real hapenings and mesages she gave during those apparitions,anyway dat is nt realy wat we re sayin nw] nd also in our individual lifes as well..so she hears us and stop asumin and sayin wat u dont knw!
And mind u no catholic ever equates or compares mary to any person in God the trinity cos even mary hersef also adores and worships God in the trinity.

One thin protestants always fail and refuse to undastand is the diference between worshipin God and prayin to mary to intercede and beg God for we dat re still on earth...they think that weneva it is ''prayer'' or to ''bowin down'' then it is worship...
True and real worship entails both prayers,praises,adoration and most impotantly MAKING SACRIFICE

Nnamdifranc: Making sacrifice is an essential part of worship evidence of dat can be seen in most places in d bible...catholics offer living sacrifices to God in the holy mass wich waz folowed by the authority Jesus gave to his desciples in his last supper wit then and catholic priests can be traced from the line of the apostles... Protestants do not do this and their cos their pastors knw they canot be traced from the line of the apostles...if it is to be taken dat way,protestants are the ones wo do not even worship God in the suposed and true way

As for those askin were it is written in d bible dat mary shuld be honoured....u shuldnt expect to see everythin in d bible,its not everytin that hapend in d time of Jesus and even the apostles and early christians that are recorded in d bible,cos if it is all to be recorded down,i dont tink the book called ''bible'' can be portable as u guys see it 2day....
And besides,u shuldnt expect to see some thins exactly as it is nw to be written dat same way in the bible.,example- those wo believe in God the father,God the son and God the Holyspirit wich is the trinity,..tell me were is the word ''TRINITY'' writen in d bible? But we can clearly see the trinity exists at the baptism of Jesus at River Jordan..so for those wantin for everytin to be writen for them in d bible,is nt like dat

Vatican offers 'time off
purgatory' to followers of Pope
Francis tweets Papal court handling pardons for sins
says contrite Catholics may win
'indulgences' by following World Youth
Day on Twitter!

In its latest attempt to keep up with the
times the Vatican has married one of its
oldest traditions to the world of social
media by offering "indulgences" to
followers of Pope Francis' tweets. The church's granted indulgences reduce the time Catholics believe they
will have to spend in purgatory after
they have confessed and been absolved
of their sins. The remissions got a bad name in the Middle Ages because unscrupulous
churchmen sold them for large sums of
money. But now indulgences are being
applied to the 21st century. But a senior Vatican official warned web-surfing Catholics that indulgences
still required a dose of old-fashioned
faith, and that paradise was not just a
few mouse clicks away. "You can't obtain indulgences like getting a coffee from a vending
machine," Archbishop Claudio Maria
Celli, head of the pontifical council for
social communication, told the Italian
daily Corriere della Sera. Indulgences these days are granted to those who carry out certain tasks –
such as climbing the Sacred Steps, in
Rome (reportedly brought from Pontius
Pilate's house after Jesus scaled them
before his crucifixion), a feat that earns
believers seven years off purgatory. But attendance at events such as the Catholic World Youth Day, in Rio de
Janeiro, a week-long event starting on
22 July, can also win an indulgence. Mindful of the faithful who cannot afford to fly to Brazil, the Vatican's
sacred apostolic penitentiary, a court
which handles the forgiveness of sins,
has also extended the privilege to those
following the "rites and pious exercises"
of the event on television, radio and through social media. "That includes following Twitter," said a source at the penitentiary,
referring to Pope Francis' Twitter
account, which has gathered seven
million followers. "But you must be
following the events live. It is not as if
you can get an indulgence by chatting on the internet." In its decree, the penitentiary said that getting an indulgence would hinge
on the beneficiary having previously
confessed and being "truly penitent and
contrite". Praying while following events in Rio online would need to be carried out
with "requisite devotion", it suggested. Apart from the papal Twitter account, the Vatican has launched an
online news portal supported by an
app, a Facebook page, and it plans to
use the online social networking site
Pinterest. "What really counts is that the tweets the Pope sends from Brazil or
the photos of the Catholic World Youth
Day that go up on Pinterest produce
authentic spiritual fruit in the hearts of
everyone," said Celli.

Adeola.....kk:
Catholics should read this http://mojidanisa2.com/2013/12/28/all-religions-are-true-adam-and-eve-a-fable-hell-is-a-mere-metaphor-says-pope-francis/

Remember, your church won't take you to Heaven

Adeola.....kk:
Catholics should read this http://mojidanisa2.com/2013/12/28/all-religions-are-true-adam-and-eve-a-fable-hell-is-a-mere-metaphor-says-pope-francis/

Remember, your church won't take you to Heaven

Deglo514:

kolawaxxy: So because an angle said so you must honour her. Are you an angel?

elimaxwel: according to Exodus 20 vs 3 to 5 says.you shall have no other gods b4 me vs 4.u shall not make to you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in HEAVEN above or that is in the earth beneath,or that is in the water under the earth: vs 5.you shall not bow down YOUR SELF TO THEM nor serve them for i the lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the father's upon the children to the third and fourth generations of them that hate me.suppose you are a Catholic and you have been taught to pray to Mary the mother of God. can you find chapters and verses from the Bible emphasizing this truth? I will refer you to also read Deuteronomy 27vs15. I no you would say you are honoring and not worshipped but is it written any where in the Bible that you should honor Mary and don't worship? I would also like to let you no that this are all the doctrines of men and the dark kingdom deceiving the children of God into commiting sin so that at the end the promise that the devil made to God that he will not be in the dark room alone (he'll fire ).will be fulfilled.

Sal C: Oh I thought Heb2V7 said God made us for a while lower than the angels.

Don't be too fast, you are only going to be greater than the angels in the world to come.

For now, they are greater than you.

paooxide:

Lower than the angels there, means flesh . if u read further down I.e. Hebrews 2:9 . you. will see that Jesus christ waa also refered to as once lower than the angels .You are greater. than the angels because you were created in the image and likeness of God ..

kamura: Are you aware that of all the people that have met Jesus,

Peter
Mattew
Stephen
Mary the mother of Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Jeseph the carpenter
Zaccheus
Paul
Luke
Andrew
Batherlomen
Judas iscarot
James
John e.t.c

The Apostle Paul, the former Saul of Tarus, is who i respect and honor the most. . not even Mary or Peter. .

He wrote 14 books of the new testament

Roman
I Corinthians
II Corinthians
I Timothy
II Timothy
Titus
I Thessalonian
II Thessalonian
Galatian
Ephesians
Phillipians
Colossians
Philomen
and Hebrews. .

You can see, that the greatest person that ever lived in the dispension of grace. . . after Jesus Christ, was Apostle Paul. .

The reason, is that Christ is more concern about passing the message of his life, death and resurrection, to all lost souls. Anyone who believes, and baptized is saved. . .[not water baptism as a child or sprinkling of water, i mean water baptism by immersion] Not believing alone is condemnation. .

And nobody did it like Apostle Paul. . .

fijiano202: I dont care what ur catholie told you abt what paul wrote in the bible ,Paul Started with ACTS-ROMANS-1 AND 2 CORINTHIANS-GALATIANS-EPHESIANS.paul and Timothy wrote PHILIPPIANS-COLOSSIANS.Paul,Silas and Timothy Wrote 1 and 2 THESSALONIANS,Paul wrote to Timothy in TIMOTHY 1 AND 2,Paul to Titus in TITUS,Paul wrote to Philemon in -PHILEMON.Nobody no who wrote HEBREWS till date

fijiano202: I dont care what ur catholie told you abt what paul wrote in the bible ,Paul Started with ACTS-ROMANS-1 AND 2 CORINTHIANS-GALATIANS-EPHESIANS.paul and Timothy wrote PHILIPPIANS-COLOSSIANS.Paul,Silas and Timothy Wrote 1 and 2 THESSALONIANS,Paul wrote to Timothy in TIMOTHY 1 AND 2,Paul to Titus in TITUS,Paul wrote to Philemon in -PHILEMON.Nobody no who wrote HEBREWS till date

paooxide:

Lower than the angels there, means flesh . if u read further down I.e. Hebrews 2:9 . you. will see that Jesus christ waa also refered to as once lower than the angels .You are greater. than the angels because you were created in the image and likeness of God ..

Alphafrank: my friend......jst as the earth is far from the heaven so are our thoughts different from Gods thoughts,u can't use your tiny feeble mind to try and get a glimpse of Gods thought,was there any charge in the bible for u to honour mary ?,i guess u skipped the part of God being a jealous God...u say u honour mary but in reality you serve her,i don't put it on you cos you don't understand it,you just follow watever your infallible pope sayz,wich includes that it is only the pope and the council that are allowed to interprete the bible,the very same bible that virtualy all catholics call "a dead letter",if not by words then by deeds,what pains me the most is that Jesus clearly declared that all power here on earth and on heaven is given to him,wich he then proceeded to share with his disciples,ask anythin in MY NAME....catholics u realy can't understand bt how can u understand what u do not knw,start reading ur bible urself allowing the spirit to enlighten u..then and only then can anything be clear to you

Macelliot: People kept saying that, 'Catholics are worshipping Virgin Mary,' but I wants to prove them wrong.
* Firstly, we 'Catholics' are not worshipping Virgin mary, but instead, honouring her.
* Secondly, the holy bible made us to know in Luke 1:26-31 that the Arch-angel Gabriel visited Virgin Mary and greeted her saying, "you are full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women and blessed in the fruit of your womb, Jesus." Please, which woman again in this world can an Angel greet with such respect. Angel Gabriel honoured Mary, because He delivered the message from GOD. so who are you not to honour her? Are you greater than an Angel of GOD?
* Can Jesus Christ dwell in an unholy body? No ofcourse! She(Mary) is the only woman whom GOD has choosen.
* In Revelation 12:1-18, there was a woman who was clothed by the Sun, the moon under her feet and twelve star as a crown. She was about to deliver a Son and the pain at child birth made her cry. There appeared a dragon, who wanted to kill her, but fail. At that time the Archangel Michael fought the dragon and defeat the it. What I wanted to bring out here is that during the birth of Jesus Christ. King Herod wanted to kill Jesus by killing all the children atleast 2yrs, thinking He kill Jesus, but He failed.
* Last, but not the least. Blessed Virgin Mary was Clothed by the Sun, the moon as foot-mat and 12 stars as crown. Waoh! That's great! Anybody that condems Catholics by saying we are worshipping Mary is so jealous, [s]because no woman in that person's generations or generations to come, even grand, great, great-great-great-great-great-great-grand mother of that person combined together[/s] is as great as Blessed Virgin Mary.
We 'Catholics.' Our doctrines lies on mysterious teachings.' where ignorance, fools, pharisees and sadducees people can never understand. JESUS CHRIST teaches in parable, even His diciple couldn't understand Him, unless He explains it like ABC. So that is how Catholics are. You will keep on condeming Catholics until you know their mysterious teachings, then you will understand clearly. Thanks.

eameh30:

Who told U that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life? Is it not Catholics? They brought U bible,they organised the bible... U ask Ur friends to pray for U,what more of Mary who is in heaven. Or don't U that when U ask Ur friends to pray for U,they are interceeding for U? Don't be blind. The bible said the prayer of an unrighteous person is an abomination in d face of God and dats y because we are all sinners, ask for intervention from pipu who are holy.... Don't let Ur fake assumption lead U somewhere or better still when U see us in heaven,drive us away that's if U will be there but I pray I see U there

eameh30:

Who told U that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life? Is it not Catholics? They brought U bible,they organised the bible... U ask Ur friends to pray for U,what more of Mary who is in heaven. Or don't U that when U ask Ur friends to pray for U,they are interceeding for U? Don't be blind. The bible said the prayer of an unrighteous person is an abomination in d face of God and dats y because we are all sinners, ask for intervention from pipu who are holy.... Don't let Ur fake assumption lead U somewhere or better still when U see us in heaven,drive us away that's if U will be there but I pray I see U there

JENMAUCY:
Coming to the issue of image,its just like a picture you keep in to remember them...just like the cross,its for remembrance..bowing or genuflecting doesn't mean worshiping...just like the way you greet your elder...kneeling is stil sign of respect just as we do before our earthly elders or kings...why the fuss over hers? Many people don't even know about the mysteries associated with the rosary,infact they are the rosary itself...I mean the glorious mystery,the mystery of light,joyful and sorrowful mysteries. So I think we ought to give honour to whom its due. With due respect I rest my case

mossy:
..EXODUS20:4 Should really solve your problem of ignorance and please share wit others to save them..Catholics!!!..read your bible 4yourselves and dont just follow the *blind crowd..GOD DELIVER THE Catholic church..

Barnabaseloka:
Mary is like an envelope used to post letter (Jesus) into the world. Which one do you go for: envelope or letter (content)? Mary found favour before God, because Jesus would not have fallen from the sky. Mary said to the servants at Cana in Galilee 'whatever he(Jesus) tells you to do, do it'. Look unto Jesus (not Mary) the author and finisher of our faith.. (Heb 12:2). Mary was the mother of Jesus according to earthly birth, but is not his mother spiritually or in heaven. Remember Jesus created Mary. How can Mary now become the 'Queen' of heaven? Mary married Joseph and had other children aside Jesus, so how come she still has the title 'virgin' even today? Mary believed in Jesus and was among those that received the power of the Holy Spirit in the upper room. She died just like any other human being and was buried b/c no flesh and blood will inherit the kingdom of God. Roman catholics 'assume' that her body was taken to heaven, which cannot be traced from the Scriptures. The bible mentioned the names of people that were taken to heaven without dying: Enoch and Elijah and our Lord Jesus. I do not know why people sheepishly follow a particular doctrine without veryfing its authenticity from the Bible. Remember the Bereans would always go back home and search the Scriptures to know if what Paul (a great man of God) preached to them were actually true (Acts 17). Open your eyes wide so that you will not be deceived. May God help us!

fijiano202:
OP u are a fool with astericks,Firstly how can we be jealous of mary when we serve the same Jesus,Secondly ur doctrines may tell you that you are not greater than angels but me and my own family are greater than all angels in heaven and on earth cos we are created in Gods image,read ur bible to understand that.Thirdly the way catholics interpret bible is their greatest doom cos Jesus clearly states it in the bible that ''NOBODY GOES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THRU ME'' so worshipping mary wont take you to anywhere and also the mary u catholics worship is an idol.Fourthly theres no virginity after giving birth and mary has other kids......do you want more,just ask and it shall be given

Rayhut:

shai, guy you are a very wicked soul oo!!, so you refer somebodies mother as an envelope, if you refer my mother as an envelope used to post me into this world, me and you will have a terrible showdown, if don't have respect for your parents and honour them, me I have full respect for my parents especially my mother, I honour them, even Bible said that if you honour your parents your life will be long on earth, I have pictures of my mother in my house, if you don't have atom of respect for your parents others have. Mary is the mother of Jesus, she deserve respect and honour, I am not religious but what is good is good and what is bad is bad, stop twisting issues

Barnabaseloka:

Don't you know what 'Simile' and 'Metaphor' are in literature? Check the dictionary. I tried to use what we can understand to explain sth. Did I say that Mary was an envelope? No I didn't. I have not spoken ill of Mary as it seemed to you. All am saying is that she has died and waiting to be judged on the ressurection day? Honouring her or not has nothing to add to my christian growth. I had better look unto Jesus who knows the way to heaven for he is the Way. If I miss following him, I have missed the way to heaven. Tell me if all I have said is wrong so that I will know how to take correction. Remember, back it up with the Bible.

Rayhut:

But that your Metaphor is not a good one, it sound like Oba of Lagos metaphor to Igbos living in lagos. If you take your letter from an envelope the next you will do is to throw away your envelopes and somebody's parents should not be qualified in such context be it metaphor or whatever. Back to topic you know that the Bible that you are holding is compiled by Catholic Church, they pick books they believes is good for faith compile it to form the Bible you are holding, there are so many other books that they did not include in the Bible like the book of Timothy, seven books of moses, books of Judas, ideas,tobit, simon etc these book's in Vatican city is only the pope and cardinals that has knowledge of it which they seize from heretics, these books are heavily guarded in Vatican city, some of the books nobody know the content in this world except the pope and the cardinals so what you know about the bible is just a fraction, remember that modern Christianity beliefs may not be what the early Christian believed in, because the Roman army persecutted the heretics and early Christian, what actually I want to pinpoint to you is that Catholic church has knowledge of Christianity more than any Christian church, there may be some books in their possession that stated that Mary was taken to haven but because of so many contradiction in same book they decided not to put it in the bible, had been they put such book in Bible today you should have believed that mary was taken to haven like Elijah and Enoch, there is other books that said that Jesus married Mary Magdalen which they discarded during compilation. so guy learn, your pastor will not tell you all this truth, even Koran was writing by a Jesuits priest known as black pope and giving to Muhammad to so that he can cause confusion and recapture Rome although Muhammed add other books to Koran•