Funny how Protestants claim "all sins are equally bad" which would make *your* bearing false witness just as bad as *my* idolatry, wouldn't it?
Not sure how the post is wrong. All pictures of RCs bowing before idols of Mary.
And "with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again," (Matthew 7:2) meaning in this case that while you are charging your opponent with bearing false witness, this is based upon the premise that those kneeling and praying before a statue of Mary in praise and adulation are not engaging in what Scripture refers to as worship. Which premise is dubious in the light of how worship is described in Scripture and what "veneration" of the Mary of Catholicism often means. Thus there is a strong case that Roman_War_Criminal is not bearing false witness, and if not hen you are. But you can argue that kneeling before a statue and praising the entity it represents in the unseen world, beseeching such for Heavenly help - and making offerings to them, and giving glory and titles and ascribing supernatural attributes to that entity which are never given in Scripture to created beings (except to false gods), including having the uniquely Divine power glory to hear and respond to virtually infinite numbers of prayers individually addressed to them - is not what Scripture describes as worship. Or you can argue that none of those RWC refers to engage in the above.
Funny how Protestants claim "all sins are equally bad" which would make *your* bearing false witness just as bad as *my* idolatry, wouldn't it?
A valid point, but not all Protestants claim "all sins are equally bad," and which indeed that are not. They equally make one a law-breaker, but in both degree of evil and of guilt there are differences, thus the progression of Rm. 1 which Protestants commentators point out.