Enjoyed your post from 2 July. It was like a 'De Ja Vue' moment for me.Over the years on Doves I have on a few occasions shared my Catholic upbringings and that I had been in bondage to that religion (cult) for over 40 years. Reading your text from your post could have been posted as mine.As you stated, I also prayed to Mary not Jesus. Mary was portrayed as this sweet intercessor between man and God / Jesus. She would take our needs / prayers to the all powerful, stern / mean God...... and He just couldn't say no to sweet Mary. Been there, done that, have all the tee shirts and rosaries to prove it. A false Mary and false teachings.By the grace of God and a loving non-Catholic Christian wife I was able to escape the bondage of that terrible organization. I have dedicated literally thousands of hours since then researching the RCC and all of it's workings from over all these centuries. And I can truthfully say that it is and has been for centuries the most evil and demonic organization ever to span that many centuries. It will as per scripture play a huge role in the end time evil scenario.Catholics are a tight knit group. They can't accept that the sweet little church that they and their family and friends have attended for generations with Father So-in-So at the helm is a front for such an evil organization. They refuse to read their bibles for themselves. If they would they would see all the areas of scripture the RCC has changed and skewed to fit its agenda which is in direct opposition to God's words and plan.In this century people are completely aghast at the horrific happenings of the holocaust where 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis. Most of these Jews were gassed in gas chambers which is a very kind way to die compared to what the RCC did in the Middle Ages. At least 50 million true bible believing Christians and Jews who would not kneel and accept the demonic teachings of the Pope and the Papacy in Rome were not just killed.......... but butchered in ways that only the most depraved of demonic minds could have conjured up. Don't read the accounts of these 50 million slaughtered souls if you have a weak stomach.I hope you have had more success than I have in getting your friends and relatives away from this organization. The early brainwashing that goes along with membership is a very hard nut to crack. It seems that no amount of incriminating evidence against this cult is enough to convince the vast majority of Catholics to even take a hard look at what they are involved with........... or the great deception that will befall them soon.So Gino, I welcome you to the rather small but elite club of escapees that have managed by the grace of God to escape the clutches of this organization. You keep up your great testimony and continue to shine the light of truth on this darkest of organizations.Blessings.......John BPS....Any Dove Catholics that are reading this, please accept my apology if I offended you by my comments above. But know that your eternal destiny may be at stake...... and it would greatly behoove you to research what I, Gino and many others on Doves have shared about the RCC before it is too late.