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1 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Reformer Joe | 32318 | ||
Emmaus: Please remind me of where I have accused you of idolatry directly. It is pretty clear that the angels on the ark and the bulls in the temple and the bronze serpent were not crafted as objects of worship. And, while I disapprove personally of human renderings of God the Father, most do not use them as objects of veneration. The pictures of "saints" are no different than pictures of my pet boxer as far as the worship value assigned to them. The golden calf, the Asherah poles, the statues of Dagon and Baal and Molech are clear Biblical examples of the use of statues for veneration. The bronze serpent itself fell into use as an idol and was broken into pieces as a result (see 1 Kings 18:4). The question is where Catholic statues and imagery falls on the continuum between mere works of art and objects of veneration and worship. And, biblically speaking, all Catholics are NOT Christians, any more than are all Protestants. And whether or not you worship statues, you need to pay a visit to Latin America to see just how idolotrous that strand of Roman Catholicism is when it comes down to lying prostrate before statues and making offerings to statues and wearing medallions with Mary to protect oneself, etc., etc. You cannot honestly tell me that you don't know of those things going on without a word of rebuke from Rome. --Joe! |
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2 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Emmaus | 32429 | ||
Joe, "You cannot honestly tell me that you don't know of those things going on without a word of rebuke from Rome. --Joe!" Well, If you say so I guess I cannot. I am sure you have researched to all Vatican coresponence to make sure your assertion is true. I can't say that I have had the time, nor can I read the hearts and minds of those you may have observed. But you obviously have discerned the sin in them. Now, about that beam. Have you seen an opthamologist? Emmaus |
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3 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Reformer Joe | 32438 | ||
Ah, yes...the beam! Haven't heard that one in a long time from someone claiming to be a Christian. I am not talking about hearts and minds, Emmaus. I am talking about a widespread, almost universal practice that takes place all over this hemisphere in plain sight, with full approval, participation, and endorsement of the priests and bishops that preside over these dioceses. Am I to correctly assume that you consider such practices to be idolatry, since you seem to indicate that the Vatican very well could have issued something? I have very correctly discerned the sin in these practices, because I have a Bible that condemns them. But then we come back to the formal argument of the Reformation all over again... --Joe! |
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