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Why do people think "hail" means "you are God"?

I get flak all the time, that because I say the "Hail Mary", that I worship Mary as some sort of "other God." Hail is nothing more than a greeting, people, used by Gabriel himself in the Gospel of Luke. If you think saying "Hail Mary" is pagan, then go after Gabriel, not us Catholics, Anglicans, Confessional Lutherans, etc.

So do people think this way because they are willingly ignorant and just ignore what Catholics say about our faith, or are they *actually* ignorant and think that we Catholics are all doing one big group lie because we are some kind of malevolent hive mind?

Update:

Holy Christian, so because it was used by Hitler, it is bad?

Well here is a fun fact, he had "God with us" written on the belts of his soldiers. I guess God is bad now, too.

Update 2:

Holy Christian, so because it was used by Hitler, it is bad?

Well here is a fun fact, he had "God with us" written on the belts of his soldiers. I guess God is bad now, too.

Update 3:

Chris Land, you were a Catholic who went to Christmas and Easter services only.

We ask all of the Saints (Mary included) to pray for us and that is it. They are not other Gods, and asking them to pray for us doesn't take away from God's dominion anymore than asking Protestant "prayer warrior" groups to pray for you.

You left Catholicism and never knew anything about it in the first place, what a shame.

Update 4:

Chris Land, you were a Catholic who went to Christmas and Easter services only.

We ask all of the Saints (Mary included) to pray for us and that is it. They are not other Gods, and asking them to pray for us doesn't take away from God's dominion anymore than asking Protestant "prayer warrior" groups to pray for you.

You left Catholicism and never knew anything about it in the first place, what a shame.

Update 5:

Chris Land, you were a Catholic who went to Christmas and Easter services only.

We ask all of the Saints (Mary included) to pray for us and that is it. They are not other Gods, and asking them to pray for us doesn't take away from God's dominion anymore than asking Protestant "prayer warrior" groups to pray for you.

You left Catholicism and never knew anything about it in the first place, what a shame.

Update 6:

Chris Land, you were a Catholic who went to Christmas and Easter services only.

We ask all of the Saints (Mary included) to pray for us and that is it. They are not other Gods, and asking them to pray for us doesn't take away from God's dominion anymore than asking Protestant "prayer warrior" groups to pray for you.

You left Catholicism and never knew anything about it in the first place, what a shame.

Update 7:

Chris Land, you were a Catholic who went to Christmas and Easter services only.

We ask all of the Saints (Mary included) to pray for us and that is it. They are not other Gods, and asking them to pray for us doesn't take away from God's dominion anymore than asking Protestant "prayer warrior" groups to pray for you.

You left Catholicism and never knew anything about it in the first place, what a shame.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hail Hitler~

    "2.A shout or call used to attract attention." [1]

    Source(s): ^Does this give a message? [1] https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=frgbld&gs_nf=...
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    eric. . .as a former catholic i too misunderstood that all prayer must be directed to God our father in the name of jesus. john 14 to 16, 1 tim 2.5, john 14.6. marys purpose was fulfilled in delivering the messiah to the world. like any person used by god, she wants all attention on jesus her savior as well! luke 1.47. chrislandwer@yahoo.com

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