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This is the transcript of the first part (before our discussion back and forth) of the video, \u201cANSWERED! \u2013 Allie Beth Stuckey on \u201cPraying to Mary\u201d \u2013 Proof It\u2019s 100% Biblical!\u201d<\/a> (11-1-25). It\u2019s doing very well. After almost two months, it has 18,394 views: not bad for a channel that has 27.9K subscribers at this point. We\u2019re gonna keep growing!<\/p>\n

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Allie Beth Stuckey is a \u00a0Reformed Baptist. Her YouTube channel has 677,000 subscribers. We\u2019re replying to her one-minute short entitled, \u201cWhat do Catholics believe about Mary and the Saints?\u201d (5-5-24). It has 196,645 views, and is an excerpt from a longer interview with the ubiquitous Catholic apologist Trent Horn, \u201cCatholic vs. Protestant: Praying to Mary\u201d (5-6-24). that devoted 25 minutes to this matter. Here\u2019s what she asked Trent:<\/p>\n

You believe that there is some kind of not just spiritual transformation, but that there is an incredible expansion of people\u2019s capacity to know<\/em>, and to do <\/em>when we get to heaven, that includes the ability to discern millions of prayers at once in all different languages, somehow prioritize, order, carry those requests to God, and that Mary has achieved that kind of transformation and expansion of her capacity, and all of the saints as well. Where does that idea come<\/em> from?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Others in the combox echoed her query, with one writing, \u201cThe question isn\u2019t, \u2018Can God do it?\u2019 it\u2019s, \u2018Did God do it?\u2019\u00a0 \u201cA second person wrote, \u201cI\u2019m hearing a lot of \u2018God could\u2019 and not a lot of \u2018God said this is how it works\u2019 \u201d. And a third stated, \u201cHer question was \u2018where does this idea come from?\u2019 And he wasn\u2019t able to answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person who has the ability to read hearts and minds, opined, \u201cHe didn\u2019t answer the question because he can\u2019t, because he knows that idea is man-made.\u201d And a fifth person demanded, \u201cGive me chapter and verse.\u201d That\u2019s what Protestants always want to hear, and Maybe Trent did give them what they asked for in the 25 minutes of the other video. Whether he did or not, we\u2019re happy to provide directly relevant verses from the New Testament.<\/p>\n

On earth, we \u201csee through a glass, darkly\u201d (1 Cor 13:12, RSV) and \u201cknow in part\u201d (1 Cor 13:12), and \u201ceye has not seen\u201d (1 Cor 2:9) what God has \u201cprepared\u201d for us. The Apostle Paul was \u201ccaught up into Paradise\u201d and \u201cheard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter\u201d (2 Cor 12:3-4). Saints in heaven \u201cshall understand fully\u201d (1 Cor 13:12), and possess \u201cknowledge\u201d that Paul describes as \u201cperfect\u201d (1 Cor 13:9-10), and \u201can eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison\u201d (2 Cor 4:17), \u201cthe glory that is to be revealed\u201d (Rom 8:18). God said, \u201cas the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts\u201d (Is 55:9).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be \u201cequal to\u201d angels after death (Lk 20:36), and \u201clike angels\u201d (Mt 22:30; Mk 12:25). More than that, the saved will be \u201clike\u201d Jesus (1 Jn 3:2), \u201cfilled with all the fullness of God\u201d (Eph 3:19) and \u201cthe fullness of Christ\u201d (Eph 4:13), \u201cone spirit with him\u201d (1 Cor 6:17), \u201cchanged into his likeness\u201d (2 Cor 3:18), indeed, will fully<\/em> be \u201cpartakers of the divine nature\u201d (2 Pet 1:4). So, can Mary and other saints deal with millions of prayers, outside of time? No problem<\/em>, with all this<\/em> going on! Jesus said, \u201cwith God\u00a0<\/strong>all things are\u00a0possible\u201d (Mt 19:26).<\/p>\n

James 5:16 asserts: \u201cThe prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.\u201d God told Job\u2019s \u201cfriends\u201d that \u201cmy servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer\u201d (Job 42:8). God told Abimelech that Abraham would pray for him, so he could live, \u201cfor\u201d Abraham was \u201ca prophet\u201d (Gen 20:6-7).\u00a0And Abraham in effect \u201cbargained\u201d with God and asked Him to spare Sodom if ten righteous people were found in it (Gen 18:22-32). God would have complied, but there were not<\/em> ten righteous.<\/p>\n

This is why Jesus taught, in His story of Abraham and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31, that Abraham received three prayer requests, and had the ability \u2014 delegated by God \u2014 to intercede to God and grant them. Protestants reply that Abraham refused<\/em> the requests, but that\u2019s beside the point. If no one<\/em> could ever be prayed to except God, and if this were sinful idolatry, as Allie and millions of Protestants believe, Abraham would have had to say<\/em> so.<\/p>\n

But he didn\u2019t, and Jesus couldn\u2019t and wouldn\u2019t ever set forth an error about prayer, even if this were a parable<\/em> \u2014 and it\u2019s not<\/em>, because parables never contain proper names. We also know that saints and angels present our prayers to God in heaven (Rev 5:8; 8:3-4).<\/p>\n

Related Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

How Can a Saint Hear the Prayers of Millions at Once?<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 10-7-20]<\/p>\n

How Can a Human Like Mary Hear Millions of Prayers? The Answer Is in the Bible<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 2-18-23]<\/p>\n

Saints Can Hear \u201cMillions\u201d Of Prayers? (Vs. Jordan Cooper): Including a Summary of the Extraordinary, Unfathomable Characteristics of Redeemed Human Beings in Heaven\u00a0<\/a>[3-20-24]<\/p>\n

Bible on Seeking Exceptionally Righteous Intercessors\u00a0<\/a>(vs. Dr. Lydia McGrew)\u00a0[11-9-24]<\/p>\n

Related Books<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Catholic Mary\u201d: Quite Contrary to the Bible?<\/em><\/a> (Oct. 2010; 189 pages)<\/p>\n

Biblical Evidence for the Communion of Saints<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(Feb. 2012, 152 pages)<\/p>\n

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Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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