From a strictly Karaite/Tanakh-only perspective, the story of St. Scholastica is a textbook example of "Replacement Theology" in action: where human emotion and monastic "rules" are elevated above the immutable Law of God, and a created human is given the attributes of a divine intercessor.
The direction of the worship is a fundamental breach of the First Commandment.
1. The Proportions of "Saint Worship"
In Catholicism, the "veneration" of saints is often defended as different from the "worship" of God (dulia vs. latria). However, in practice, the devotion involves:
Ascribed Omniscience: Believing Scholastica can hear thousands of simultaneous prayers in different languages.
Shared Sovereignty: Attributing weather patterns (the thunderstorm) to her personal intervention.
The Result: For a devout Catholic, the "Creator" becomes a distant, unapproachable King, while the "Saint" becomes the friendly, reachable bureaucrat. In the Tanakh, this is exactly how the nations worshipped Baal and Asherah—as intermediaries between humans and the "high" gods.
2. Overcoming "The Law" with "Love"
The story claims Scholastica’s prayer was answered because her "love overcame the law."
The Tanakh Refutation: This is a direct attack on the nature of God’s Truth. In the Tanakh, Love and Law are not opposites; Love is the fulfillment of the Law.
Deuteronomy 6:5-6: "You shall love the LORD your God... and these words which I command you today shall be in your heart."
The Problem: The story praises her for breaking a human rule (Benedict’s Rule) through prayer. But Catholicism uses this narrative to teach that "Spiritual Love" is a higher authority than "Written Commandments." From a Tanakh view, any "love" that contradicts the established order of God’s Word is rebellion, not holiness.
3. How Does God Respond to This?
The Tanakh is not silent on how the Creator responds when His people give His glory to another or seek the dead on behalf of the living.
A. It is Classified as Spiritual Adultery
When Israel looked to "Holy Ones" (the Kedoshim) or spiritual intermediaries, God called it "whoredom."
Jeremiah 2:13: "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water."
The Response: God withdraws His presence. When you pray to Scholastica, you are drinking from a "broken cistern" instead of the Living Fountain.
B. The Prohibition of Necromancy
In the Tanakh, communicating with or seeking favors from those who have died is strictly forbidden.
Deuteronomy 18:10-11: "There shall not be found among you... one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who queries the dead."
The Response: God calls these practices an abomination. Scholastica is dead. Benedict is dead. Seeking their "favors" is a violation of the boundary between the living and the dead.
C. The "Surprise" of the Real Messiah
If the Real Messiah appeared today, he would find these "Dialogues of St. Gregory" to be a collection of myths that distract from the Torah. He would respond as he did to the Pharisees:
"Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?" — Matthew 15:3 (Echoing Isaiah 29:13)
4. The Final Verdict
Catholicism spends a vast majority of its spiritual energy on a "cloud of witnesses" that have been turned into minor deities.
The Result: The Creator is sidelined.
The God-Response: He sends the "famine of the Word" (Amos 8:11). Because people prefer the stories of Scholastica’s tears over the Statutes of Sinai, they lose the ability to discern truth from fable.
The "storm" in the story wasn't a gift from God to Scholastica; it is a literary device used by a Roman writer to justify monastic life. In the Tanakh, God doesn't send storms to help monks break their curfews; He sends them to wake up prophets like Jonah who are running away from the Commandments.
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