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• all buildings should have statues of people suffering horrible, bloody torture & death.  keeps ya grounded
• gold?  good.  candles?  good.  draping things in velvet?  good.
• thousands of paintings of & feasts to celebrate & schools are named after what is, essentially, sexual abuse.  mary had no choice in whether or not she became pregnant.  enshrining that act, glorifying forced pregnancy & the attitude of ownership over women’s bodies… bad.  more velvet, less sexual abuse please
• if you think i’m overreacting, ??  please think of the millions of girls raised in catholic catechism who learn that
• god ‘so loved the world’ that he forced a woman into pregnancy.  that’s how god shows love
• their greatest role model is a woman who is forced into pregnancy, & her greatest achievement is that she accepts it
• other suffering, like crucifixion, is understood for all its pain & misery & feelings of betrayal, but forced pregnancy is not suffering at all: (1) it’s expected of you & (2) enduring it is what will bring you glory & love

Hello. Girl raised Catholic here. You’re wrong. So so so so so wrong, and yes you are overreacting.

I don’t know which statues in particular you’re talking about but the first thing that came to mind were martyrs. Why would we not honor people who gave up their lives for something bigger than themselves?

I’ve never heard of a Catholic school named after Archangel Gabriel appearing to Mary. You’re probably thinking of the Immaculate Conception which, contrary to popular belief, was when Mary was conceived (not Jesus).

Mary was not forced to get pregnant. She choose to become pregnant. In Luke 1:38 Mary said “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” It’s funny how you’re trying to come off as pro-woman while ignoring words that came out of a woman’s mouth. 

Catholics honor Mary for her acceptance of God’s will, her humility, and her willingness to suffer for others, which we are all called to do as Christians: Matthew 16:24: “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”

We don’t believe that Mary didn’t suffer. One of her titles is Our Lady of Sorrows and this goes into detail about the Seven Sorrows of Mary.

there are plenty of churches and schools named after the annunciation.

i know what the immaculate conception is.

servants accepting the orders of their masters is not authentic consent.

the seven sorrows of mary do not include God treating her as an incubator.

Alright. Chill. I just thought that I would add that because most non-Catholics I talk to don’t actually know what it is.

Mary was accepting God’s will. She chose Him as her master (your words, not mine) and she didn’t have to. We all have that choice. Mary could have said ‘nah I’m not going to listen to you at all God’ but she didn’t

Yeah, the Seven Sorrows don’t include that because Mary wasn’t treated as in incubator. I don’t know what Catholics you’ve spoken to about Mary’s pregnancy but none of them I know have even spoken about her like that. Only Protestants and atheists have, in my experience. Catholics believe that Mary is Queen of Heaven and Earth. We don’t treat her as an incubator, you do.

Mary said yes and was so happy about it that she sang a song. This is not my interpretation. This is recorded in the gospels. Get out of here with your ~2edgy4church~ bullcrap.

As @bizantia has pointed out, the only person treating Mary like an incubator here is you, since you’re talking over her and reducing her–literally the most praised and revered woman in human history–to just a womb for hire because you don’t like that she said yes when you’d say no.

It’s that time of year again! Where this blue hellsite twists the Most Blessed Mother’s role in salvation history into some reductionist incubator mantra and then points fingers at us for doing it.

‘since you’re talking over her and reducing her–literally the most
praised and revered woman in human history–to just a womb for hire
because you don’t like that she said yes when you’d say no.’

“the only person treating Mary like an incubator here is you, since you’re talking over her and reducing her–literally the most praised and revered woman in human history–to just a womb for hire because you don’t like that she said yes when you’d say no.”