We DO NOT believe in Sola Scripture! Do you get it yet?
We Believe in Tradition as well.
So Mary was and is without Sin, Full stop. I have explained the reasons too many times to explain again.
Catholics Dont worship statues. We use Statues IN worship but we DONT worship them.
Could you show me anywhere in the Bible where it says you cannot use Statues IN worship? I will be waiting for your Biblical responce.
Please dont quote (Exodus 20:4-5) or (Deuteronomy 5:8-9) As these verse State that nothing you make should be worshipped. But they dont state that we cannot use them In worship.
we dont Worship anything besides God.
Definition of Worship
(a.) Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
(a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
(a.) Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
(a.) The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence.
(a.) Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
(a.) An object of worship.
(v. i.) To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
(v. t.) To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.(v. t.) To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.(v. t.) To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore
What about when God commanded Moses to MAKE A STATUE of a Snake? weird....
Also In Exodus 25:18 God commands Moses to MAKE TWO STATUES OF ANGLES. how weird......
God does not contradict himself, you must read the Scriptures In context. God Is telling us that we may use statues IN worship as long as we DONt actually worship them.
Peace