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To: OHelix
I would assume you would agree with me that it would not be appropriate to take a pagan temple, remove the inscription, and carve a new one that said that the image is Jesus... then continue offering whatever sacrifices were offered to the Idol, and practicing whatever rituals were performed, only now, instead of being done in the name of the pagan god, they are done in the name of Jesus.

Catholics don't do anything remotely like that, ridiculous claims in Jack Chick tracts notwithstanding.

However ... there's a book you ought to read, called "Daily Life in Ancient Israel," by Fr. Roland deVaux, O.P. Don't let the fact that deVaux is a Dominican priest throw you. The book is considered to be one of the classic archaeological and anthropological texts on its topic.

One of the things that may surprise you is just how externally similar ancient Israelite religion -- as specified in Exodus and Leviticus, not as later corrupted -- was to Canaanite paganism.

Maybe God doesn't approach this thing the way you do.

76 posted on 02/03/2003 1:55:32 PM PST by Campion
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To: Campion
Catholics don't do anything remotely like that, ridiculous claims in Jack Chick tracts notwithstanding.

I was not suggesting that they did, I was trying to find common ground that we could both agree on. And I assure you, Jack Chick was not and is not influential in my views of Catholisism.

Maybe God doesn't approach this thing the way you do.

...I'm sure he doesn't... Somehow I think He's a lot smarter than me.

87 posted on 02/03/2003 2:27:17 PM PST by OHelix
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