[Judith Anne]

Here’s another filthy example of the Reformed Reasoning:

Dr. E in 9956: “Do you understand the difference between admiring a statue of a dead person and praying to a statue of a dead person?”

MM in 10,032: I would hazard a guess that not one Catholic in a hundred grasps the distinction

My comment: This is another perfect example of the arrogant hubris of the Reformed, perfectly expressed by someone who has NO idea about Catholicism while pretending to have grown up in a Catholic environment. Clearly, that was not the case, either that or the poster learned absolutely nothing when the opportunity existed.

[caww]

Nonsense Judith....everybody of all faiths and those with none all understand perfectly the difference...those who do not are those who practice bowing and praying before a statue. It's a crutch clearly, for a lack of faith.

[D-fendr]

I think we could paraphrase the reformed response as:

“I don’t know an idol from an icon, but I know a Catholic when I see one.”

[RnMomof7]

My comment: This is another perfect example of the arrogant hubris of the Reformed, perfectly expressed by someone who has NO idea about Catholicism while pretending to have grown up in a Catholic environment. Clearly, that was not the case, either that or the poster learned absolutely nothing when the opportunity existed.

Are you saying Metmom lied?

I have read her posts and they indicate the same teaching I got in Catholic grade school, high school and college..

I do not think Catholics think of the statues as idols, in their head they are praying to the saint the statue represents.. however that does not matter at all..what matters is what what does God think ?

Reading the scripture tells us that ..He calls it idolatry and that is how it will be judged

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Do you think pagans believe their prayers are being heard by the inanimate statue of Isis they're praying to or the spirit of Isis which that statue represents?

NO ONE says Rome believes that cement and marble are hearing their prayers. The lie Rome teaches is that what the cement and marble represent hears and answers their prayers - some dead person who may or may not be in heaven.

Which is false. No one and nothing hears and answers our prayers but God alone.