I love Theotokos. I can read a little Biblical and Ancient Greek. And I did use my VISA card to buy some Icons, they came all the way from Greece. They are very beautiful.
Yes...but do you kiss them? Burn incense and cross yourself in front of them? That's the real test!:)
I wonder what the author of this screed would think of us Orthodox as we processed through the church last Sunday carrying icons as the priest proclaimed:
"As the prophets beheld, as the Apostles have taught, as the Church has received, as the Teachers have dogmatised, as the Universe has agreed, as Grace has shown forth, as Truth has revealed, as falsehood has been dissolved, as Wisdom has presented, as Christ awarded, thus we declare; thus we assert, thus we preach Christ our true God, and honour His Saints in words, in writings, in thoughts, in sacrifices, in Churches, in Holy Icons; on the one hand worshiping and reverencing Christ as God and Lord; and on the other hand honouring as true servants of the same Lord of all and accordingly offering them veneration.
This is the Faith of the Apostles, this is the Faith of the Fathers, this is the Faith of the Orthodox, this is the Faith which has established the Universe!"
Well, that's it for you!
(/humor)