Cf.Mt.23:9- call no man father
what do you call the men who serve God in your Catholic church?
Do you not also worship symbols?
Dont you worship the pope and kneel down and kiss his glorified ring?
Where does it say in the Bible that these are the actions that God would wish us to do?
I worship only one. Our Lord God.
LOL! "what do you call the men who serve God in your Catholic church?"
Lonely!
"Do you not also worship symbols?"
Sure! Whole drumkits as well!
"Dont you worship the pope and kneel down and kiss his glorified ring?"
Sure, he's Jesus' dad after all, but we usually can't get close enough to his backside to kiss his ring!
"Where does it say in the Bible that these are the actions that God would wish us to do?"
You tell me, you obviously wrote it.
"I worship only one. Our Lord God."
Yep, and I'm sure you made him as well.
Why do you bow your head when you pray? Why do you fold your hands? Or why do you keep silent when a sermon is preached? Reverence is the basis for the commandments of God. We rightly (ortho) praise (doxa) HIM.
Did not the sons of Joseph do obeisance before those he was to govern? So we bow before those who govern over us and submit. Worship? NEVER. But honor yes because we are honoring GOd who has given them authority. He that despises those whom God has sent despises God (Lk.10:16)
"Call no man father"
read the whole context. Call no man a teacher also- verse 10. Yet we see people called teacher all the time in the NT and Paul calling himself a father 1 Cor.4:15
Please do not proof text. The church wrestled with these things and gave the correct interpretation.
God bless you and please struggle to understand- it will be worth it.
Whats the fourth commandment?
No. We worship God. Do you respect the cloth of the flag or the Nation which that flag represents? Why do you stand up when the National Anthem is played? Because you respect the sound or the Nation the music represents? When you look at your parent's picture, do you think of the paper or the person whose image is on that paper?
Worship is a manner that is subject to culutre and artistic expression and is therefore not part of the teachings of Christ. His teachings are about Truth that we worship.