[voltaires_zit]

> I'm not sure I understand how a physical structure can be "sinful".

Good point.

Christians don't have a lot of the more plainly silly ritualistic sin things going on. I bet you'd still get a lot of objections from the parents to holding graduation at a bathhouse, though, even if it was the best available venue.

I'm trying to come up with a parallel to the young man's religious objections, the closest I can come is a strip club with the shows still going on in plain sight. Still no objection?

[jwparkerjr]

If the graduation was being held in conjunction with the church's Sunday morning worship service I might see your point. But if it's just using the physical plant then it's different. What makes an idol an idol is how those seeing it feel about it. I am a Christian, but I don't let statues of religious significance to other religions bother me. It's only an idol if I choose to treat it as one. Otherwise it's just another pretty statue, or maybe not depending on what the statue is.