Mother of God

Jesus clearly tells us at John 8:32 "and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

As a further example of the parallel between ancient Babylon and modern religion, consider the following description taken from the same encyclopedia: "Her faithful believers call her by the sweetest names: She is not only goddess and lady but also merciful mother, she who listens to prayers, she who intercedes . . . she who has given life to the universe and to humanity." Compare that to the following prayer from El Santo Rosario (The Holy Rosary): "We give you thanks, Sovereign Princess, for the favors we receive every day from your beneficent hand; be so kind, Lady, as to have us now and forever under your protection and shelter." Who is the subject of this description and the prayer? Many will immediately conclude, "The Virgin Mary." That answer is only half right. The prayer is offered to Mary. However, as Las Grandes Religiones Ilustradas informs us, the first quotation is a description of Ishtar, the "Lady of Love," the Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, and war. Sometimes she is presented in images "as a mother suckling her baby boy."* Yet another example of how modern religion is not such a far cry from ancient Babylon! In Rev 18:1-5, your bible says "get out of her if you do not want to share in her sins"

The Truth is: Mary was the mother of the Son of God, not of God himself. The "Lady of Love" worship gave birth to the worship of Mary as the Mother of God.