christ told pilot "my kingdom is not of this world therefor my servants don't fight" for centuries the popes commanded armies and navies in the name of christ to extend their earthly domains slaughtering women and children in the process in 1870 when italy gained independance from the pope, pius the 9th damned all who liberated lands that were once controlled by popes catholics direct prayers to mary in which she would have to be god to answer popes pray to mary to comfort guide strengthen and protect the wholfe of humanity to do so she would have to be all-powerful all-knowing and everywhere at once the marian prayer of pope john paul ii "sustain us, o virgin mary, on our journey of faith and obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation" the rosary concludes "hail holy queen of heaven, to thee we cry, to thee do we send up, turn your eyes of mercy to us" do mary's eyes of mercy actually see everyone? is she really the mother of mercy? didn't god's mercy exist long before mary? psalm 39:17 trust in the mercy of god psalm 52:8 luke 17:8 nowhere in the bible is a word about mary's mercy toward mankind "to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs" official catholic doctrine from the highest level attributing to mary authority and power for which belong to god alone. for mary to protect and supply the needs of catholics she would have to be god.
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