re: Atlantic op-ed claims Catholic rosary has become ‘an extremist symbol’

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Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil." Ephesians 6: 11-13

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Show me how and where this passage has anything to do with the rosary?

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If you don’t believe Catholics teach about Mary being a co-redeemer and co-mediatrix, you’ve never read your catechism

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read the catechism??? I teach it - and Mary being co-redeemer or co-mediatrix isn’t even in the catechism - and Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis (to his credit) have urged against calling her that

There may be Catholics and even Catholic priests that support that idea - but it is not what is taught and it is not in the catechism

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why seek another way or why would one need anther mediator?

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because everyone needs help

Jesus listens to His Mother. You are making it more difficult than it actually is. We are human and in my spiritual life, I’ll take all the help I can get. When I was a kid, only dad worked - but I sure asked mom to ask dad to buy me a new Barbie. Sometimes mom would tell me to ask myself, and sometimes she’d go with me to ask.

Mary brings us to her Son, she doesn’t take his place, and she’s humble enough to know that.

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is an important part of the CHRISTIAN Faith

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Just pray. God wants you happy. Respect his mother.

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Are you say that the largest Christian denomination in the world is fake?

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Any “church” that denies the sufficiency of Christ’s death on the cross to pay the debt owed by sin denies the gospel, and therefore, is not a true “church” of Jesus Christ.

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Mary brings us to her Son

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No, she doesn’t. We have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus, not Mary.

What mariology does is make Jesus out to be an unloving tyrant that needs the gentle persuasion of His mother to make Him show grace towards others. That is not the Jesus of the Bible.

Jesus alone intercedes for us with the Father. We don’t need a mediator for our mediator, and there is no one more loving and compassionate towards His bride than Jesus; not even Mary.

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because everyone needs help Jesus listens to His Mother. You are making it more difficult than it actually is.

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No it’s actually very simple and what you are doing is blasphemous. There was one person offered up for our sins on the cross. There was only one who offered up his blood to the Father as a sacrifice for the sin of man. There is only one who advocates on our behalf to God. There is only one who is a mediator between us and God. There was only one spotless and sinless lamb slain for our transgressions and who made peace with God on our behalf.
That person is Jesus Christ the son of God.
Not Mary, nor Peter, not James, John or Paul, but Jesus.
He and he alone is everything we need and we don’t need to talk to his mother when we can go directly through him.
It’s very plain and simple, and only an organization that wants to venerate Mary above her status would twist scriptures to mean anything else but what it means.

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read the catechism??? I teach it - and Mary being co-redeemer or co-mediatrix isn’t even in the catechism -

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You are right and I misspoke. The idea that Mary is co-redeetrix, co-advicatrix , and Co-medatrix, is found in Catholic writings outside of the Catechism, perhaps an edict from a Pope or some other Catholic writings or ideas from the magisterium.
And here in lies the problem. The Catholics, instead of relying solely on the Bible for Devine guidance use a myriad of sources to formulate their ever changing doctrine.
And even when their doctrine changes, and it has many times over the years, and sometimes, completely contradictory to former teachings, they pretend that this was always intrinsically part of their doctrine and simply understood.
Another thing that the normal Catholic layperson doesn’t understand is that teachings have been added piecemeal throughout its history. Things like the ascension of Mary, the idea that Mary was a perpetual virgin, the idea that Mary was sinless, etc. Each one of these teachings was added at separate times and were never adhered to or taught by the early church.
The Catholics have this in common with many other cults and that’s the idea that the Bible alone is not sufficient and other books or sources must be added to formulate truth. The Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and others also add books that they claim offer extra biblical truths.
This is why you can’t ever have an honest debate with a Catholic about their doctrine. Because they rely on an almost inexhaustible source of materials that no one man could ever understand or explain, giving them reasons to explain away almost anything they choose. Like the teaching that Mary is a co-redeemtrix for example. They’ll say yes she is, but not like Jesus as it pertains to salvation. Well, what other things do we need to be redeemed from besides sin. It’s circular reasoning.
Their doctrine is purposely constructed this way to make it impossible for the layperson to understand, yet intricate enough to allow the Catholic theologian to construct long complicated mysteries to explain any and all doctrines.

My inlaws in their late 80s would be surprised to hear they are religious radicals.

But, as they are very into their Catholic faith, I am sure the atheists and agnostics at The Atlantic would consider them radical.