[xzins]

Doesn’t matter. We speak English. The word venerate is not the same as the word worship. It has a different meaning.

So, until someone says “Sorry...but we really mean ‘worship’”, then I’ll have a VENERABLE attitude toward Mary, Daniel, Isaiah, John the Baptist, etc.

I think we get more mileage holding people to the meanings of the words they use.

[CynicalBear]

>>The word venerate is not the same as the word worship. It has a different meaning.<<

So when you see the pope, priest, and people kneeling in front of those statues and praying to them do you see worship or veneration? Additionally whey you venerate someone does it include the actions and attitudes shown by Catholics to those statues.

[Elsie]

I think we get more mileage holding people to the meanings of the words they use.

I doubt it...

 

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,

' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'  

[annalex]

The word venerate is not the same as the word worship

Indeed. Thank you.