> though the Virgin Mary is repressed, she is also considered > deified, a saint, and titled “the Mother of God” by > the Catholic religion, conveying that while other religions > completely suppressed worship of the feminine and many > Christians consider it absolutely wrong to pray to a woman, > the Catholics continued to pray to her and, likewise, acknowledge > her as a powerful part of their beliefs. “Maria”>”Ma Rhea”>”My Queen”.
This is one of the reasons I find some of the fundamentalist sects very frightening - they consider the Catholic religion to be of the 'devil' because of its good points! The fact that Mary is worshipped and some of the Pagan iconography has been kept disguised but intact are its redeeming qualities, along with the fact that it has inspired some of the finest art and literature.
But the most negative aspects of the original church have been distilled into a synthetic poison, which seems to be fueling many other religions. People under its influence seem to lose their own perceptions to a large extent.
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Date: 2006-04-20 04:07 pm (UTC)> deified, a saint, and titled “the Mother of God” by
> the Catholic religion, conveying that while other religions
> completely suppressed worship of the feminine and many
> Christians consider it absolutely wrong to pray to a woman,
> the Catholics continued to pray to her and, likewise, acknowledge
> her as a powerful part of their beliefs. “Maria”>”Ma Rhea”>”My Queen”.
This is one of the reasons I find some of the fundamentalist sects very frightening - they consider the Catholic religion to be of the 'devil' because of its good points! The fact that Mary is worshipped and some of the Pagan iconography has been kept disguised but intact are its redeeming qualities, along with the fact that it has inspired some of the finest art and literature.
But the most negative aspects of the original church have been distilled into a synthetic poison, which seems to be fueling many other religions. People under its influence seem to lose their own perceptions to a large extent.