[HarleyD]

No paintings or photographs in your house?

I have some very nice pictures of birds. However, it would be a bit weird to kneel before the blue bird asking for his help before God.

So Moses prayed for the people, and the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover."

And if you read a little further you will find out exactly what happened. The pole that was meant to save the people became itself an object of worship.

2Ki 18:4 He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).

Like just about every other religious artifacts, people worship those things rather than worshiping God. That is why God forbids us doing so. It isn't for His benefit but for ours.

[narses]

[verga]

Like just about every other religious artifacts, people worship those things rather than worshiping God. That is why God forbids us doing so. It isn't for His benefit but for ours.

We worship them as much as you guys worship beds.

[MarkBsnr]

No paintings or photographs in your house?

I have some very nice pictures of birds. However, it would be a bit weird to kneel before the blue bird asking for his help before God.

Tap dancing is probably not your strongest talent. You made the definitive statement that we were not to make images. You said nothing about anything qualifying that statement before.

Like just about every other religious artifacts, people worship those things rather than worshiping God. That is why God forbids us doing so. It isn't for His benefit but for ours.

Which people? Me? You think that I worship Mary? Pope Francis? Cardinal Dolan? Your local parish priest? Any of the Catholic contingent on FR?