[americanophile]

Imagine Moses praying to God before the Calf, not praying TO the Calf.

That would be another poor use of symbolsim. Instead Moses utterly destroyed the Calf.

[Alamo-Girl]

Imagine Moses praying to God before the Calf, not praying TO the Calf.

Er, if I may, that is kinda what Aaron thought he could get away with. Aaron announced that they would feast to the LORD in front of the golden calf.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron. And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

And when Aaron saw [it], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow [is] a feast to the LORD. - Exodus 32:1-5

Seems to me that Aaron was trying to have his cake and eat it too.

To God be the glory, not man, never man.

[Cronos]

and, you would have wanted the Pope to carry a sledge hammer and break the walls of the mosque to which he was invited? Of course, the repercussions that would be felt by Christians in Nigeria, the Middle East, Indonesia, Pakistan, etc. you wouldn’t mind if they got massacred while you (and I for that matter) were safe at home?