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
Catholics
or members of the rcc are taught that the ONLY way to heaven is
through the Roman system so they are deceived
right
up front; they may not "think" of their statues and dead saints as
idols but this does not mean that they are not. Deceived ppl don't
know they are deceived. Even the Pope John Paul II revered
Mary and prayed to the Black Madonna.
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.
If you give your
heart to a false doctrine JD, one that is cobbled together by men -
and bow to that. Would
you consider this to be an idol?
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.
Sure he knows what
he is talking about JD. Catholics bow their hearts to false
doctrine and images all the time. They
are all over their churches and the ppl they revere as saints prayed
to them. The fellow with the stigmata who is called a saint today
received that sign while praying to Mary - where have you
been?
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.
What do you expect
from him JD? To him you probably appear to be someone with a
spirit of suspicion. The gift
doesn't work like
that. Would
you go up to a demonized person and ask if they had the spirit of
the devil in them?
-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.
Then you are as
blind as they are JD and can be of no use in getting them set free
from the error of their
bonds..
