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2006-09-28, 03:13
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Someone shed some light, if you are able. Why do christians, in all forms, worship idols (the crucifix, statues of mary, jesus, ect...)if it is completely contradictory of the second commandment? Is this religion really that fake?
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2006-09-28, 04:09
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The commandment says "thou shall worship no false idols before me" or some shit like that. techinically these idols or statues or what have you are symbols of either gods power or god himself. at least thats my take on it. however your right in saying that theyre a bunch of hypocrits.
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2006-09-28, 04:16
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I know that jesus and the crucifix may be, however, Mary isnt. Plus, angels arent incarnations of god yet they are worshiped.
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2006-09-28, 04:31
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Son of Dick, Tex's
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They aren't put BEFORE God, though.
People don't say the Virgin Mary has more power than the Almighty, or that St. Whoever and Mr. Angel answer to no one.
God's still known as the highest.
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2006-09-28, 06:05
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It's not so much of worship as it is reverence.
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2006-09-28, 14:30
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So reverence is acceptable but worship is a nono. Makes sense. Although some people pretty heavily workship that bleeding statue of mary and she does heal, apparently. This would put her on the same level as God, in a sense.
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2006-09-28, 16:56
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bodmin, cornwall, england
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But then again, if there was a bleeding,healing statue of jesus, christians would probably prefer to go to him over mary.
I dont think many statues of the christian god are made tho.
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2006-09-28, 16:57
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by noquarter:
So reverence is acceptable but worship is a nono. Makes sense. Although some people pretty heavily workship that bleeding statue of mary and she does heal, apparently. This would put her on the same level as God, in a sense.
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But her power is given to her by God, because she is righteous.
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2006-09-28, 18:17
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Wasilla, Alaska
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Do not look to Christians for logic.
For instance, many of them claim to be "pro-life" yet agree that the state should have the power to kill people convicted of committing certain crimes.
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2006-09-28, 19:21
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quote:Originally posted by ArmsMerchant:
Do not look to Christians for logic.
For instance, many of them claim to be "pro-life" yet agree that the state should have the power to kill people convicted of committing certain crimes.
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The belief that executing a criminal is different than killing a baby is fairly widespread and not restricted to Christians.
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