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To: aMorePerfectUnion
I don’t disagree that the items you listed can be idols

Good. That means you're awake.

but anything that takes the attention from God himself can be an idol,

An idol is a substitute for God. I think we're not really in disagreement here.

as this tunic has become.

That claim assumes facts not in evidence. Quite the contrary, in fact.

25 posted on 10/12/2015 1:57:49 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain; aMorePerfectUnion

If this item is genuinely associated with Jesus, then it’s Epically Cool Old Stuff. If it’s just something that was cooked up in the Middle Ages, then it’s Pretty Cool Old Stuff.

Personally, I would not make a special trip to see it - it’s not the Bayeaux Tapestry - but if I came across it in a museum or visiting an old church, I’d say, “Wow, cool!”


26 posted on 10/12/2015 2:02:01 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm being so sincere right now.)
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To: NorthMountain

” That claim assumes facts not in evidence. Quite the contrary, in fact. “

When people idolize something, it is an idol, no matter how else it is referred to...

In this instance, the garment is being idolized.


28 posted on 10/12/2015 2:16:11 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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