this is the perfect example of the hatred and bias that non Catholics show to Catholics and it happens frequently here on FR....
I feel bad for the artist. From the article it says the statue has been up for 11 years already!! The artist sounds like an upright guy:
“Red Bank offered Baker the chance to remove the statues himself before May 31 if he wanted to reclaim them, but Baker said that he made the statue and reliefs for the church and that it was their choice to do with them as they wished.
However, he said he hoped the art would not be destroyed and that it instead might be donated to another church or sold to support a mission.
“I was commissioned to make the sculpture, and whatever they choose to do with it is their prerogative,” Baker told The State. “I just didn’t want it destroyed. I don’t want to take it down personally, but I hope they find another place for it.”
Hopefully the church can find a church that would find the artwork more suitable.
I’m not sure I would call it hatred to have the artwork taken down. It’s not like the Baptist’s ran across the street and toppled some figures over at the Catholic church.
It's NOT hatred! It's love! Read your Bible, it's in there. Don't make graven images of God. It's Christianity 101. Stop worshiping Mary. Stop worshiping the Apostles and other men. Worship only God. This is basic to God's word and Catholics insist they worship God as they pray "Hail Mary's 20 times.
It seem so basic and simple to us, but RCC's don't seem to get it. Pagans worship idols. Christians worship only God. If you have a statue on the dash of your car or in your front yard, or in your back yard garden, or if you have ever stopped on the side of the road in Chile, or if you go to church and there is artwork of all stripes on the walls, then you are worshiping idols. If you go against God's direct commandment, you DO NOT love God. Jesus said, "If you love Me, DO my commandments. He also said, "My sheep hear My voice". God's Word is His voice.
There is some sort of deafness I have seen on RCC's my whole life where they refuse to see or hear what God has told them. We DO NOT hate you, but when we quote clearly what God's Word says, you say we are attacking you or the church. The people in Waco were called a cult because they followed a man. Could you not admit that the same could be said of the RCC and the pope? Your teachings are far from the teaching of the Bible and Jesus, yet you believe you are doing the right thing because someone tells you it's right. That is religion, not a relationship with God.
There are at least 50 verses that can be found in 20 minutes that contradict everyday practices in the RCC. God even mentions what will happen to you in Revelation and it ain't pretty. Many if not most of your practices come from pagans in Rome at the time, ergo, "The Roman Catholic Church". The churches started by the Apostles of Jesus were in Jewish Synagogues until Constantine started the RCC in Rome. Pagans had carved idols. That is where statues in church came from. A pagan needed something to bow down to as they were used to doing in pagan temples. Dump the statues of unknown figures and quit worshiping them.
What happens most frequently here is Catholics posting threads that intentionally provoke non-Catholics. Do you need some Windex for that mirror?