Why do so many supposed Bible-believing Christians not understand the role of Mary the Mother of the God-Man, Jesus the Christ, and insult those who do, and 2000 years of her role in His Gospel? Are are they duped by illiterate teachers?
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barjacob
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Duped with what? PROZAC or LSD? My 2 cents.
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Who's to say YOU understand these things? In fact, as you are human and by nature fallible and imperfect, you can't possibly understand these things, at least not perfectly and completely; as such, you aren't really in a position to judge another's understanding as incorrect, are you? I think you could use a lesson in humility. That's my first answer. My second answer is: Yes, they are duped by their teachers. I mean, the Bible hardly emphasizes the role and significance of Mary as it is. There is a handful of early Christian writings which do, but none of them were included in the canon. In fact I think it would be rather difficult for a Bible-believing Christian, schooled in traditional catechism or hermeneutics, to develop the understanding of Mary's significance you speak of.
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I'm not quite sure what point you're trying to make with your comments. You don't need to proselytize me: I'm very much a believer in Mary's significance. Are you trying to demonstrate that, as opposed to what I wrote, the NT does emphasize Mary's significance? Well, you can find all the examples of Mary's role that you want, I still believe the overall tone and theological bent of the Bible massively emphasizes masculine authority to the exclusion (or very very near exclusion) of female authority, and any bible-reading Christian would have to go out of their way to develop any deeper understanding of Mary.
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