Yup, that's the blaspheming part I wrote about. You might as well say I want to pray to dead aunt Mabel rather than Jesus Christ. This also gives godlike powers to people like Mormons do. Hopefully, we will hear more about becoming gods of our own planets with many wives when the presidential race gets further along.
It all has to do with a skewed view of what the Bible says and what some churches tell people. To come to Christ, one must understand who He is. I've had dozens of conversations with people that come up with the most cockamamie ideas about why praying to a statue or a picture is Biblical, but they can't ever give me chapter and verse. One of the reasons Jesus came to Earth was to destroy the "traditions of men". You can't just make up some mumbo jumbo and call it God's Will. He was quite specific in who to pray to and how to pray. He even specifically said don't pray the same prayer over and over again and you can go to any Catholic church and get 10 "hail Mary's and a couple of "Our Fathers." This stuff is basic Christianity 101. I can't believe they read the Bible and don't pick up on this. I also bring up the fact that you can travel to some church in Timbuktu and pray over some hank of hair or a pile of bones and not even know for sure you are praying over the right hank of hair or bones. Praying to dead people gives me the willy's just thinking about it.
I’ve had dozens of conversations with people that come up with the most cockamamie ideas about why praying to a statue or a picture is Biblical, but they can’t ever give me chapter and verse. One of the reasons Jesus came to Earth was to destroy the “traditions of men”. You can’t just make up some mumbo jumbo and call it God’s Will. He was quite specific in who to pray to and how to pray. He even specifically said don’t pray the same prayer over and over again and you can go to any Catholic church and get 10 “hail Mary’s and a couple of “Our Fathers.” This stuff is basic Christianity 101. I can’t believe they read the Bible and don’t pick up on this.
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INDEED. Well put and exceedingly accurate from my experience.