Do Catholics think of these statues as "idols.?" Are they
not expressions of their faith in God and His Christ? None of
the idols of the Message were attached to the Living God. The
compaison, Dean, that you make is not a biblical one.
jd
cd: John this message was in my drafts folder-so I sent it
today not intending to rehash old augments by preaching the old gospel in
modern times but to enlighten as the old gospel has never changed. I
disagree as if is very biblical. It doesn't matter what the
catholics"think of these statues"
Not true. I have a picture of "Jesus
" in our family Bible. Is that an "idol?" Of course
not. And why -- because I say so !!! I decide if
an idol is a god or not. That is precisely what is wrong
with an idal. I am the one who decides it to be "a
god." Catholics use statues as "objects lessons" as they
function and communicate with God. The RCC is a Christian
Church -- with a lot of problems,
admittedly. They are wonderfull people and full of
faith.
what matters is what God said.- the act of bowing down
and praying to someone other that God/ Christ- is idolatry. Exod.20: 4
Good quote. When was the last time you saw
a Catholic bow down to a false God? You really do not know
what you are talking about, here.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing in heaven or that is in the earth beneath,... thou shall not bow
down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord am a jealous God. St
John didn't know he was doing wrong by bowing to a angel but was
also corrected- Rev 19:10
1 Cor 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of god? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
Idolaters....shall inherit the kingdom of God.
As concerning the faith of the catholics-Arn't we told to test faith
by works
There are few on this
site who believes in testing the sprits.
Everythime I ask DM for some kind of evidence, some kind of verification
for his claim to be an apostle and a prophet - I get
silence.
-and every man was judged by their works Rev:20;13? Or a tree by it's
fruit?Therefore I will use God measuring rod to decide truth.Thes
Catholics also removed the 2nd commandment of Idolatry and divided
the 10th commandment (coveting)into two commandments-making ten
commandments-back to our same old question of why would they
remove they words in the first place?
I don't believe there is idolatry in the
Catholic church -- certainly not of the kind God in scripture
references.
jd
