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To: GonzoII
Did God command the use of graven images in serving Him? Or did He say this?

Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God:

And then He said this.

Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

And this.

Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.

You decide.

62 posted on 12/10/2013 11:36:38 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: CynicalBear
"You decide."

I have. And it is clear that the making of images for the purpose of worshiping them is forbidden. Otherwise it's no problem. God Himself is pleased with such work:

"King Solomon ordered the construction of multiple images of things both “in heaven above” (angels) and “in the earth beneath” (palm trees and open flowers). After the completion of the temple, God declared he was pleased with its construction (1 Kgs. 9:3).

68 posted on 12/10/2013 11:56:37 AM PST by GonzoII (Ted Cruz/Susana Martinez 2016)
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To: CynicalBear
You decide.

And what do you decide is an idol? What makes an idol an idol?

If you are to decide what is idolatry for yourself or other, this would be necessary. Do you know?

97 posted on 12/10/2013 3:01:05 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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