2. They teach their women (with no scripture to back up their teaching) that they should abandon their woman hood, . . . instead they should become menial servants to the church, . . . and to the appointed human leaders of the church. This is in total disregard to the printed teaching: 1 Timothy 5:14 (KJV) 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Do you have any idea what he is talking about above? I don't.

He's talking about the Catholic Church, in general, and how they supposedly treat their women.

I'm sure he got this from his mother's milk, imbibed into him at a young age, sitting around the table after dinner, where pa told stories of the nasty Catholics, how they eat children, and worship Baal....  He's one of the those that are definitely not going to listen.  His own bigoted hatred has blinded him to anything but his own version of truth.

1. They teach their adherents to pray to the saints, to Mary (Jesus' mother), and to disregard the following: Jesus said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Jesus also told his faithful apostles: “Most truly I say to you, If you ask the Father for anything he will give it to you in my name.”—John 16:23.

There is only one mediator between man and God, . . . Jesus. Not Mary, not Peter, not Jude, not Paul, . . . Jesus and Him alone.

Extensive scriptural proof texts honoring Mary and praying for the intercession of the Angels and Saints: http://judaism.is/hating-mary.html

Mimicking the тαℓмυdic hatred of the Mother of God (see Jesus in the тαℓмυd), the most Biblically ignorant and vicious of Protestants insist that Catholics “worship” the Blessed Virgin Mary. We do not worship her, we honor her exactly as the Bible honors Mary in Luke 1:26-55, the source of her titles, our “Hail Mary,” and Magnificat:
 
“And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,  To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin' s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.  Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be.  And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus.  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.  And of his kingdom there shall be no end.  And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?  And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren:  Because no word shall be impossible with God.  And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.  And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda.  And she entered into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:  And she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.  And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?  For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.  And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.
 
“And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord.  And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.  Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.” Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.  And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him. He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.   He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.   He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.   He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy:   As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.”

Psalms prefigure Mary as the “house” of the Lord (like the Ark), the “daughter of the King” (to be honored). Don’t be confused by the differences in Catholic and Protestant Psalm numbering.



There are other such examples.



See also: Can Mary's Sinlessness Be Defended?
http://bellofchurch.blogspot.com/2015/12/can-marys-sinlessness-be-defended.html
Archetypes and scriptural support for the Immaculate Conception of Mary
http://www.ccel.org/node/7738
entry for “Immaculate Conception,” Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 edition
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm
the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius09/p9ineff.htm
 
The Bible and Apostolic Tradition both teach us that Mary and the Saints are our family:

Do you have pictures of your family?  We do.

Do you worship "graven images" of your mother?  Neither do we.

Dulia
 
(Greek doulia; Latin servitus), a theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Augustine (City of God X.2) distinguishes two kinds of servitus: “one which is due to men . . . which in Greek is called dulia; the other, latria, which is the service pertaining to the worship of God.” St. Thomas (II-II:103:3) bases the distinction on the difference between God’s supreme dominion and that which one man may exercise over another. Catholic theologians insist that the difference is one of kind and not merely of degree; dulia and latria being as far apart as are the creature and the Creator. Leibniz, though a Protestant, recognizes the “discrimen infinitum atque immensum between the honour which is due to God and that which is shown to the saints, the one being called by theologians, after Augustine's example, latria, the other dulia”; and he further declares that this difference should “not only be inculcated in the minds of hearers and learners, but should also be manifested as far as possible by outward signs” (Syst. theol., p. 184). A further distinction is made between dulia in the absolute sense, the honour paid to persons, and dulia in the relative sense, the honour paid to inanimate objects, such as images and relics. With regard to the saints, dulia includes veneration and invocation; the former being the honour paid directly to them, the latter having primarily in view the petitioner's advantage. More detailed explanation of dulia and the reasons for which it is shown to persons or things will be found in the articles IMAGES, RELICS, SAINTS. See also ADORATION and WORSHIP.
 
from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 edition
 
Intercession
 
The Bible gives an example of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s intercession in John 2:3-5: “...And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine.  And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? my hour is not yet come.  His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.” This verse plainly shows that Mary knew of the miracle that he was to perform, and that it was at her request (intercession) He performed the miracle.
 
The Bible exhorts us to honor Mary, prefigures and compares her to the honored Ark of the Covenant, and gives an example of her intercession:



The Bible esteems asking the angels and saints for their intercession:

Interesting that the scriptural references were stripped from the post.

Psalms prefigure Mary as the “house” of the Lord (like the Ark), the “daughter of the King” (to be honored). Don’t be confused by the differences in Catholic and Protestant Psalm numbering.

Psalms 44:14:  “All the glory of the daughter of the King is within…”

Psalms 83:3-5:  “My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.  For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.  Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.”  Just as in Luke 1:48, “...henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”

Numbers 9:15:  “Now on the day that the tabernacle [a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant] was reared up, a cloud covered it...” prefigures Mary in Luke 1:35, “And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

2 Kings 6:9-15 (2 Samuel for Protestants) repeatedly mentions the Ark and describes David’s joy dancing at the return of the Ark. This prefigures Mary as the Ark in Luke 1:44-56 when Elizabeth’s baby jumped in the womb in the presence of Mary, the New Ark, bearing Jesus in her womb, “… the infant in my womb leaped for joy.  And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.”

The Bible and Apostolic Tradition both teach us that Mary and the Saints are our family:

Romans 12:5:  “So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”
No exception for the dead!

1 Corinthians 12:26:  “And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it; or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.”
We are one family in Jesus Christ, the living and the dead.

The Bible exhorts us to honor Mary, prefigures and compares her to the honored Ark of the Covenant, and gives an example of her intercession:

Luke 1:44-56  prefigured in Psalms 44:14 (Catholic numbering)
Luke 1:35  prefigured in Numbers 9:15
Luke 1:44-56  prefigured in 2 Kings 6:9-15
John 2:3-5

The Bible esteems asking the angels and saints for their intercession:

Apocalypse 5:8 (Revelation for Protestants):  “…and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
Tobias 12:12-15:  The archangel Raphael intercedes presenting Tobias and Sarah’s prayer to God.
Zacharias 1:12-16:  Guardian angels intercede with God on behalf of the living of Jerusalem and the cities of Juda.
2 Maccabees 15:7-16:  Jeremias appears alive with Onias to intercede for the people and the city.

Challenge him on his land promise heresy.

"Isn't the Word of God enough for you? The Word of God says He fulfilled His land promises already. Who are you to contradict God?"

“And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it and dwelt in it.... Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.” Josue 21:41-43
 
“Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham. And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.” 2 Esdras [Nehemiah] 9:7-8
 

Challenge him on his land promise heresy.

I most definitely could.  But my guess is that he'll just disregard any such argument, instead claiming that it's really all about purging 'antisemitism' (ya know, the greatest crime humanity has ever known).  If so, this points to a much larger beef I have with him, and many like him, namely that they treat any criticism of the modern, nation-state of Israel as de facto antisemitism.  Don't like Israeli policies? Well then, you're an antisemite. That's precisely the gist of Glick article posted above.  

I'll be sure to throw that in if it becomes necessary.  

I just spent more time than I'd like to admit composing a response to a (new) poster who stated the following:

Quote

The New Covenant only means that the means of salvation is now through Christ, it does not mean that the Old Testament no longer has any meaning and it is to be disregarded, we are just not to follow the parts that have to do with salvation the old way, sacrifices and ritual, and it should still be known in historical context.

There are still many prophecies yet to unfold from the Old Testament, and ALL will come to pass.

To say we are to disregard God's commands regarding Israel in the Old Testament, would be to say we might as well disregard the Ten Commandments and just kill, worship other gods, lie, steal, screw everyone's wife and not go to church.

I have read, and am in full agreement, that one must know, and understand the the Old Testament, and the Law of the Old Testament, in order to fully, and properly, understand the New Testament and what it is saying.
Unfortunately, most ignore the OT, and focus on strictly the NT, and in doing so lose much valuable information and insight.

Again, my response was heavily influenced by the judaism.is sight, but it still takes time to put all of it together.  

Adding to that, it's me versus five or more Protestants at the moment (only one of my co-religionists has dared stick his head up, but he abruptly left).  I'll let you know if/when I convert any of them.  

One thing that occurred to me... the way these Protestants refer to "Israel" when talking about both the modern-day nation state founded in 1948, is the same as that as found in the Old Testament.  It's like naming a privately-owned reserve bank the Federal Reserve; for the most part, people just think that since it's got the word "Federal" in it, and it prints the cash, it MUST be run by the government.  Same concept applies to naming the modern-day nation-state 'Israel'.