To: Buggman
It doesn't say "graven image" in the original. It says "idol." "Graven image" is 17th century English for "idol". You can look it up.
Idols are worshipped. Statues are not.
136 posted on
02/06/2006 8:02:53 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
And pictures are graven images. Let's not get into that. Or intercessory prayer.
146 posted on
02/06/2006 8:14:16 PM PST by
Jaded
(The truth shall set you free, but lying to yourself turns you French.)
To: AnAmericanMother
If an image or statue is bowed down to, it is by definition an idol. God allows for religious art--indeed, the Tabernacle and Temple were full of them--but none are allowed to become idols by performing any act of worship towards them, of which the Bible specifically includes bowing.
168 posted on
02/06/2006 8:33:51 PM PST by
Buggman
(L'chaim b'Yeshua HaMashiach!)
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