> I hope this comment does not offend anyone. > Apologies if it does. > (It probably will.)
I'm sorry, but I'm offended. I must nuke you now. > But the whole "second coming" belief in Christianity sounds to me like it > didn't work right the first time, so stay tuned for the sequel, it will work > then. > > I'm sorry, to me God is just God. Period. There are prophets, there are holy > persons worthy of great reverence. But to deify them goes completely against > my belief in monotheism. It's not defying monotheism. In the Christian belief, God and Jesus are the same. They are 2 parts of the trinity .. The father, the son and the holy spirit. > This is especially true re: Catholics. When my son was 6 years old, he > pointed to a statue of Jesus in somebody's car and said he thought that was > idolatry and violated the commandment about graven images. This isn't idoltry either. Idoltry is when you worship the statue. Worshiping of God/Jesus through the use of a symbolic item, such as a cross or statue is different. > And praying to > the Virgin Mary and Saints strikes me as polytheism. I can't speak for Catholics, but as I understand it, they pray to the saints to speak to God on their behalf and not praying to the saints to act in God's place ... but I could be wrong. > Sorry, I just cannot fathom this. Clear it up any? > -Ben ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
