Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> >> >But worshipping idols and false gods is specifically stated in the Bible
> >> >as an abhorrent thing in the eyes of God.

> Taking a tangent here. How do Christians who believe that square that 
> with the prominence of crucifixes and religious icons. Is it, don't do 
> what I do but do what I say?

"Idols" is not the same thing as "icons". "Idol" is more like a false god.

OTOH, one of the 10 commandments forbids the creation and worshipping of
carved images (ie. icons.) How do they reconcile this? They dropped that
particular commandment. (The Roman church, which later split into the
Catholic and Orthodox churches, dropped that commandment a long time ago
because they wanted to use statues and paintings of biblical figures.
There's no actual biblical justification for this, other than the Roman
church declaring itself as the true representative of God, and therefore
having the power to do such things.)

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                                                          - Warp

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