2132. "The Christian veneration of images is not contrary to the first commandment which proscribes idols. Indeed, 'the honor rendered to an image passes to its prototype,' and 'whoever venerates an image venerates the person portrayed in it.The honor paid to sacred images is a 'respectful veneration,' not the adoration due to God alone: Religious worship is not directed to images in themselves, considered as mere things, but under their distinctive aspect as images leading us on to God incarnate. The movement toward the image does not terminate in it as image, but tends toward that whose image it is.
Where in the Holy Bible did Jesus or any of the Apostles teach anyone to "venerate" idols, images or whatever term you prefer?
I've read 90% of these. I'm satisfied that your selective proof texting is not only meaningless but wrong. When you get through all these get back to me for some further discussion. If you don't read all these, please don't bother getting back to me at all. Thanks.
I read engough of your popaganda to see that it is the mental masturbations of someone who desperately wishes he could have a "discussion" with a Christian who is as completely ignorant of the Holy Bible as he is.
The baloney about the apocrypha completely misses the point that neither Jesus nor the Apostles preached from those false books because they were false dogma written by men and NOT inspired by God.
If you STILL can't tell me where in the Bible Jesus or the Apostles told anyone to pray to your idols and you want to go and pout that is your decision, it just shows how crumbly a foundation your cult is built on.
You call yourself Christian? My "dialogue" with you on this forum is over. Your witness as a so-called "Christian" has been completely eliminated with this abusive language.
I often wondered why a Christian" would use such a screen name as yours. Now I realize you are not a Christian in any manner. Good day. May God have Mercy on you.