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To: CynicalBear
Can you not clearly say what makes an idol an idol and therefore an idolater?

What I believe is an idol is of no significance.

It is if you want to be taken seriously when you claim others are idolaters.

What God says is idolatry in scripture certainly is relevant and defines exactly what Catholics do.

How so? According to your interpretation of the same cites? Are you really going back to interpreting idols from statues of bunnies again?

If so, we will circle back to the last question that you quit on before.

Is this what you wish? It's a time waster and does nothing to support your claim.

944 posted on 12/13/2012 10:44:27 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
>>It is if you want to be taken seriously when you claim others are idolaters.<<

Nope, it’s comparing what Catholics do to what is described as idolatry in scripture. I can watch some Bishop or Priest of the Pope burning incense in front of some statue and read scripture to get a perspective.

Deut 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female (KJV)

Hosea 11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. (KJV)

But I’m sure I will hear something like this back from Catholics.

Jer 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes

1,009 posted on 12/14/2012 9:20:13 AM PST by CynicalBear
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