[terycarl]

What is so evil about this false doctrine is that people such as yourself not only do these acts but command others to do them against God’s commands. If someone merely did these things in secret, it would be an egregious error. Doing them openly is far worse. And forcing others into taking part in these abominations is wickedness that cries to Heaven for judgment. And that judgment will come. And those who have repeatedly hardened their hearts and stopped their ears to the truth will receive the greatest judgment.

Nonsense, one does not pray to the statue or the picture, one prays to the person represented by it. I have no idea as to how strong your faith is, but mine is strong enough not to pray to $19.95 worth of plaster.

[unlearner]

“I have no idea as to how strong your faith is, but mine is strong enough not to pray to $19.95 worth of plaster.”

Mine is strong enough not to need the piece of plaster to begin with. And if I had one as a decoration or to commemorate Christ’s birth, it would be a visual symbol for people to receive the message of the Gospel, not to bow to, pray toward, or burn incense to.

If I set a nativity scene up in my yard, I would not feel compelled to say my prayers to the image of baby Jesus. Nor would I recruit others to such folly. And I certainly would not waste countless hours promoting the practice when it had been repeatedly shown from the word of God the error or at least the danger of such acts.