[Steve_Seattle]

"I am still wondering what Jesus said to encourage the use of prayer beads, praying to statues, praying to Saints and making some kind of Goddess from Mary."

Jesus was a Jew, and accepted many practices that you might find odd, weird, or offensive, including animal sacrifice in a temple maintained by a priestly class. (The "cleansing of the temple" was a protest against certain abuses, not against the temple cult itself.)

[GeronL]

did he teach those practices to his followers though

[PeterPrinciple]

The “cleansing of the temple” was a protest against certain abuses, not against the temple cult itself.)

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But you will also notice that He tore the temple curtain from above and then destroyed the temple. Any thoughts on why?

[Iscool]

Jesus was a Jew, and accepted many practices that you might find odd, weird, or offensive, including animal sacrifice in a temple maintained by a priestly class. (The "cleansing of the temple" was a protest against certain abuses, not against the temple cult itself.)

Why would we think them odd??? We read about them in the scriptures...It is these things created by your religion which the scriptures are bereft of that we find odd, weird and offensive:

"I am still wondering what Jesus said to encourage the use of prayer beads, praying to statues, praying to Saints and making some kind of Goddess from Mary."