Mwc68 a statue or picture of Mary is an Idol according to God.
Exodus 20:4-5
[SUP]4 [/SUP] "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
[SUP]5 [/SUP] you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
A statue is a carved image mwc68. A picture is a likeness mwc68.
The very fact that the Roman Catholic Church has thousands of statues of Mary does prove the Roman Catholic Church see's nothing wrong with violating the Commandment which was given to us by God.
Galatians 5:19-21
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
[SUP]20 [/SUP] idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
[SUP]21 [/SUP] envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
I am not saying you have made up any of these doctrines in the Roman Catholic Church but I have shown you that following these doctrines will keep you out of Heaven mwc68.
Idolatry with Mary and heresies that teach Mary was without sin will keep you out of Heaven mwc68. What means more to you mwc68, following God or following the Roman Catholic Church?
You cannot serve God and Mary mwc68. You cannot serve two masters mwc68.
Matthew 6:24
[SUP]24 [/SUP] "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and Mary mwc68. You cannot serve God and the Roman Catholic Church mwc68.
Its your choice and i hope you will make the right decision of serving only God and reject Mary and the Roman Catholic Church.