5. Worshipping idols, icons and images violates the 2nd commandment. FACT: Catholics regularly bow down to idols, icons and images of Jesus, Mary and the apostles, kissing the feet of the statues and praying to them. Now Catholics get very upset when you accuse them of worshipping Mary. They deny they are worshipping Mary with loud illogical and irrational protests. What these need to understand, is that the Bible teaches that WE ONLY PRAY TO DEITY and Christians considers it paganism and polytheism to pray to anyone EXCEPT the Father, Son or Holy Spirit. So while Catholics pray to Mary, they fail to comprehend that only deity is to be prayed to, and this is the underlying reason why non-Catholics correctly lay the charge they worship Mary AND ALL THE SAINT, they pray to. The Bible clearly teaches that all dead humans, though conscious in the spirit world, are unable to know anything, much less hear prayers addressed to them. Bowing down to icons and kissing them etc. so closely resemble idol worship it is actually shocking that any Roman Catholic would attempt to defend the practice. But again, they simply do the practice but deny it is worship. To illustrate the point, Muslim deny they are worshipping the moon god as their Allah as moon worship is even condemned in the Koran, so Catholics also get mad when you point out they are worshipping the Mary and the saints when they pray to them. When a child stands in the middle of a room and puts his hand over his eyes and says, you cant see me, that doesnt mean they are invisible, except in the mind of the child. Roman Catholics put their hands over their eyes and say, We do no worship idols and we do not consider praying to Mary and act of worship. Saying so doesnt make it so. Roman Catholic apologists who harshly criticize protestants who accuse them of worshipping idols and Mary need to take a close look in the mirror and be honest with reality. At the very least, they could tone down their ranting against protestants misrepresenting Catholic faith with a bit of self-reflection and a good history lesson. Historical note: The Pope deleted the 2nd of the 10 commandments so they could use statues & images in worship. They split the 10thcommandment on coveting into two commandments so they could still have 10 in number. Dont believe this? Look at the list of 10commandments published by the Roman Catholic church! The issue here is not how the Ten Commandments are numbered, rather the issue is that most published lists of the 10 commandments do not include the words, you shall not for yourself an idol. Open your Catholic Bible and look for yourself! Question #1: Does the 2nd commandment approve of bowing down and kissing idols? Answer : Exodus 20:4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them. Exodus 20:4-5
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:36:08 +0000
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