Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: terycarl; F15Eagle; Iscool
in every case that you cite, God condemned the idols because people were praying TO the idol instead of praying to God....

The command is to not bow down to them, which Catholics do.

Do I need to post images of that AGAIN? Or the prayers TO saints FOR things, like the prayers to Mary?

Catholics use statuary to decorate buildings...

I don't believe that.

But since they lure people into praying to them, lighting candles to them, and bowing down to them, they need to be removed as they are drawing people into sin.

Buildings can be decorated beautifully without idols statues to pray to, light candles to, and bow down to.

54 posted on 02/10/2013 4:55:49 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies ]


To: metmom
Buildings can be decorated beautifully without idols statues to pray to, light candles to, and bow down to.

we don't pray to, light candles to, nor bow down to a statue. Youn seem to know little about the Catholic church yet continue to make inane statements concerning Her beliefs and practices.

In every Catholic church you will find a crucifix....in case you didn't know , it is a cross with the corpus (Christ) attached.....just like it might have looked at the actual crucifixation.

Catholics use that to remind them of what Christ actually went through for all of us.....we do not pray to the crucifix, it was manufactured by a church supply factory, probably in China...it is an object, it is a symbol, it is like the picture of your mom that you don't pay homage to.....It is a decoration but it helps us remember a person, just like the picture of mom!!!

56 posted on 02/10/2013 8:59:43 PM PST by terycarl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson