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To: marshmallow

And to think the Catholics burned so-called
witches at the stake, for holding in reverence
artifacts of their faith!

Isn’t it so-called idolatry, either way?


3 posted on 03/27/2016 12:10:58 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith

Look up
Witch-Hunt#Middle_Ages -— good article on witch burning -— and you will see that historically the Catholic Church opposed the prosecution of witches on the grounds that witches do not exist, therefore advocating the suppression of witches is in itself superstition.


7 posted on 03/27/2016 1:19:06 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All.)
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To: Terry L Smith

BTW, belief in miracles and honor given to God for His marvelous deeds, is not idolatry. In the OT, the Hebrew people venerated miraculous objects, for instance those which they preserved in the Ark of the Covenant. And in the NT it’s recorded that people used towels and napkins which had been touched by Apostles, to cure the sick.


8 posted on 03/27/2016 1:24:40 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All.)
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To: Terry L Smith

You are ignorant.....the Catholic Church did no such thing. Go away.


16 posted on 03/27/2016 3:59:52 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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