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Post by phinehas on Mar 27, 2007 15:58:18 GMT -5
I was looking into the weeping statues topic and came across this. www.religioustolerance.org/chr_stat.htmRev. Roger J. Smith, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Seattle, WA, writes: "Catholics do not worship paintings, or statues. They are just a way of conveying something about God, and are not God themselves. It is quite clear to any thinking person that stone or paint cannot be God, but can only represent, or tell something about, some small aspect of God.....saints are venerated in the sense of having profound respect for them. Icons and images are venerated only in the sense that we venerate, i.e. show respect for, the person depicted." Sounds like he is refuting the Catholic view of Communion and explaining the Protestant position on it.
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Post by fragerella on Mar 27, 2007 16:28:02 GMT -5
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Post by phinehas on Mar 27, 2007 18:54:52 GMT -5
Ezekiel 20 being an interesting study. Kind of a three strikes rule. The part that relates to our discussion is in verse 25. This explains the examples (cherub and brazen snake) you provided that show "images" being used by the direction of God which "contradict" the 2nd commandment. Like I said, it is an interesting study that clarifies the fact that it wasn't good then and it isn't good now, according to God's own words. This probably brings up more questions than it answers.
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Post by blondie on Mar 27, 2007 20:04:16 GMT -5
I was looking into the weeping statues topic and came across this. www.religioustolerance.org/chr_stat.htmRev. Roger J. Smith, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Seattle, WA, writes: "Catholics do not worship paintings, or statues. They are just a way of conveying something about God, and are not God themselves. It is quite clear to any thinking person that stone or paint cannot be God, but can only represent, or tell something about, some small aspect of God.....saints are venerated in the sense of having profound respect for them. Icons and images are venerated only in the sense that we venerate, i.e. show respect for, the person depicted." Sounds like he is refuting the Catholic view of Communion and explaining the Protestant position on it. The only people I've ever heard that thought Catholics worshiped statues were fundamentalist Protestants in their hate literature. Some Catholics do believe in transubstantiation. Still, some Hindus worship statues. But not in an occidental since.
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Post by solomon on Apr 6, 2007 8:38:42 GMT -5
The only people I've ever heard that thought Catholics worshiped statues were fundamentalist Protestants in their hate literature.
Do they pray to the object or "through" it? Do they attribute any living attibutes to it like being able to help, comfort, protect, guide, and so on and so forth? If so then yes it is idolatry plain and simple.
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