Praying to crucifixes does not make one a Christian. Praying to God the Father in Jesus's name however, could be a sign.
But praying to crucifixes...that's skipping a step, isn't it(?) since according to you;
which seemingly, according to you, is part of that (gag) Catholic Christianity that Jesus taught is true worship...
The mask slips, the confusion of face peaks out. There are large swaths of {Roman] Catholicism which Christ absolutely did not teach.
Mary, His own earthly mother...everyone else's mother too?
justified every 'ol which-a-way
leading to, look -- here is your mother
Our Lady of the Conquest by which we will subjugate you. Mom loves us best, dontcha' know...
No, that and much more of Roman Catholicism came from the darkened and fearful minds of men, not lead of the Holy Ghost, but of their fleshly imaginations and fears applied to what Gospel had been handed to them.
Trying to make it better, they added that which did not belong, and distanced by qualification and extra "rules" that which did belong, to the Gospel.
I noticed that comment as well (praying to crucifix). Although I completely disagree with annalex’s take on the matter, I’m also pretty sure he didn’t mean that literally.
[26] When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. [27] After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own. John, Chapter 19
Is there a question in your post, or would it be OK if I skip it? If you cannot pray to the Crucifix or to a statue of Mary, I don’t really have anything constructive to discuss with you.
The topic, remember, is the appropriateness of interfaith services between Catholics and Jews, or between Catholics and Protestants. Clearly either kind is sheer foolishness.