Assumption of Mary and Pagan Ritual

TheAssumption of Mary is celebrated in the west on August 15 by Catholics and the Anglican Communion (Church of England, Anglicans and Episcopalians). In the East on August 28 by the Eastern Orthodox churches. The Assumption of Mary is the doctrine that Mary, mother of Christ, was taken up to Heaven on that day. In the Catholic faith it did not become iffalliable doctrine until 1950. Part of it is based on as prophecy of Revelation - And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Revealtion 12:12,13 This is clearly a misinterpretation of the prophecy. Since when is Heaven ever compared to a "wilderness"? And as for the dead - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:5

The whole concept of the Assumption of Mary is based on the notion that her supposed tomb was found in Jerusalem and when opened was found to be empty...."St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), made known to the Emperor Marcian and Pulcheria, who wished to possess the body of the Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles, but that her tomb, when opened, upon the request of St. Thomas, was found empty; wherefrom the Apostles concluded that the body was taken up to heaven." New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia-Assumption of Mary

The Assumption of Mary is nothing more than paganism in the church. Idolatry of the dead....