[Mrs. Don-o]

Catholics "certainly" "idolize" statues?

I have been a practicing Catholic for 66 years, and I have never "idolized" a statue.

You ought not to say such things, because it gives a false impression, and it's moral defamation. Although I realize you do not mean it that way. You know Christians adore God alone.

[ealgeone]

Do you kneel before and pray before the statues of Mary in your church and or home? Wear a scapular?

You say Christians adore God alone....do Romam Catholics not adore Mary?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“I have been a practicing Catholic for 66 years, and I have never “idolized” a statue.”

Ah but I didn’t say all Roman Catholics idolize statues.

Just that Catholics certainly do. This is true, and wrong.

“You ought not to say such things, because it gives a false impression, and it’s moral defamation.”

It is true and not defamation. The only defamation is by those who idolize images against themselves.

“ Although I realize you do not mean it that way. You know Christians adore God alone.”

Yes, yet a great many do not. They adore Mary, or various departed saints...or pieces of wood or bone, or hair, etc.