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NOPE.

The outrageous blasphemies and idolatries in Ferraro’s devotional are worth a lot more than CAPS and colors in protest.

The biggest fuss possible over such UnBiblical hideousness is still an inadequate protest, yet the most loving response possible.

Ex 20:3

New International Version (©1984)
“You shall have no other gods before me.

New Living Translation (©2007)
“You must not have any other god but me.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“You shall have no other gods before me.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
“You shall have no other gods before Me.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Ex 20:4

New International Version (©1984)
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

New Living Translation (©2007)
“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Ex23:5

New International Version (©1984)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

New Living Translation (©2007)
You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

English Standard Version (©2001)
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
“You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

20:6

New International Version (©1984)
but showing love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.

English Standard Version (©2001)
but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But I show mercy to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

In view of the above Scriptures, any molly coddling of the outrages in Ferraro’s book would be unloving.

Of course, I’m NOT a JW. I believe the authentic Bible cover to cover.

This is a reply in regards to comment about ‘worshipping Idols’ as you repeated that particular commandment so many times.

The key is >Worship. Roman Catholics do NOT worship any idol or any of the ‘art’ work in a Catholic Church. You might be confusing a work of >art with what the Bible prohibits as to >Idol worship. The Catholic Church places objects in the Churches to depict some of the >friends&family of God. Just as many Protestants have items that depict their family&friends.

God instructed that the ‘Ark of the Covenant’ have >golden Cherubim (Angels=Heaven) above the Ark with their wings over the Mercy-Seat. This should clue everyone that the concern God has in the commandments is >worshipping idols & not works of art.

It’s possible to hear Protestant-ministers tell the faithful to ‘rest in Jesus as we rest from our works.’ The same ministers often tell the faithful to kneel down by their bedsides at night & pray to Jesus.

Do you think ALL those Protestants kneeling beside their beds are really Idol-worshipers that think their >beds are really God=Jesus because their ministers tell them: ‘They rest in Jesus?’ (It’s a serious question as you say things about Roman Catholics that can also be said about Protestants.)

I watch the Billy-Graham crusades on television. I like the altar call (even though Protestants do NOT have an altar in their churches).

Many times I have listened to Reverend Billy Graham tell how he decided to turn his entire life over to Jesus Christ. It goes something like this:
As a young man, Billy Graham attended a ‘tent-revival church service.’ He came home to his parents house. He went upstairs. In the darkness of his bedroom, Billy Graham knelt by his >bed, looked out the window to a group of >trees across the field, then looked up at the >moon in the night-sky. Billy Graham then prayed to God & turned his entire life over to Jesus Christ.

If you are curious, Roman Catholics do NOT teach: Billy Graham thought his >bed, the >trees or the >moon be god. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes that all people have ‘human dignity’ & should not be lied about or mocked.

Please watch World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23-28, 2013<. There will be a large communion service where people answer the call from Jesus Christ. It’s similar to a ‘Protestant altar call’ except the Roman Catholic Church also has a real >altar.