Why Does Mary Matter?

<p>Other than the Pope, no person rankles Protestants more than Mary, the mother of Jesus.&nbsp; Protestants see what looks like hysterical Marian worship in many videos of third world Catholic masses, hear Mary described as co-Redemptrix and the Queen of Heaven, and observe her being called <em>theotokos</em>, the very “Mother of God.”&nbsp; If Mary is divine, then who needs Jesus?&nbsp; How many Gods do these Catholics have?&nbsp; Just how far have they sunk into the abyss of paganism?&nbsp; So, what’s with Mary anyway?&nbsp; Why does Mary matter?</p>