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On 5-6-2010 16:44, Warp wrote:
> andrel <byt### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>> On 27-5-2010 18:05, Darren New wrote:
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>>> Or "we're not worshiping the idols, we're worshiping what the idols
>>> portray."
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>> That is sort of the dogma in the orthodox church. As I said elsewhere, I
>> was in a monastery, a Greek orthodox one.
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> Am I too cynic if I say that's just playing with words to get around
> the prohibition?
Yes, I think so. You implicitly assume that they know they are trying to
get around the commandment. As far as I can tell they really believe
that via the icon or relic they come closer to the saint, jesus, but
mainly the virgin Mary.
> If they were serious about obeying the commandment, then it wouldn't make
> much sense to be playing with it, see how far they can go without breaking
> it and taunting fate. It would make more sense to stay at a safe distance
> and not have any such idols at all. At least that way they would be a lot
> surer about not breaking the commandment.
>
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