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From: hedrick@topaz.UUCP (Charles Hedrick)
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Subject: Re: Do Roman Catholics worship Mary ?  No, only God is worshipped.
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Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 02:23:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 20 02:23:05 1987
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I have received another article describing childhood experiences with
teachers who inculcated something very near to worship of Mary.  I got
protests when the first of these articles was posted, on the grounds
that this looked very much like the sort of attack that I had said was
inappropriate on this group.  I think further postings of the same
nature are probably a bad idea.  We all know that there are
characteristic abuses that flourish in every group.  The adoration of
the Blessed Virgin can go too far, and no doubt has done so in a
number of cases.  But Protestants have their own characteristic
abuses.  (For evidence of that, see any issue of the Wittenburg Door,
assuming that delightful magazine is still being issued.)  I think we
should be pleased to hear from our Catholic correspondents that things
are being done about many of the Catholic weak spots.  I don't think
we want to ignore the very real differences among Christian groups.
But I am reluctant to see the traditional stereotypical attacks in
this group.  I'd be happy to see things like "gee, this thing you guys
do seems really wierd to me.  It seems to contradict I Armaments 2:23.
Can you explain the significance it has to you?"