And do Orthodox Christians and Catholics Bow Before the images of Jesus, Mary and other saints?
I am a Hindu. disgusting and I think when Christians preach the worship of idols and openly violating what my country say.in Muslims, Sikhs and Jains also donot worhip idols.but are not hypocrites, as Christians and faithful to what they say, at least are openly violating his sermons!
- Catholics regularly bow down to idols / icons / images of Jesus / Mary / apostles, kissing the feet Ofstatues/praying4them?
- If Catholics are not engaged in Idol Worship, how about Hinduism?
- Are we or the Christians / Catholics and all who believe that Jesus will come, they have prepared?
- Why do Catholics pray to Mary and the saints and Bow Before Statues?
- Why Catholics Protestants how to treat non-Christians? About what is wrong to worship the Virgin Mary and other saints?
Please do not compare, Catholic and Orthodox Christians to true.
Because they are symbols of our religion. And their worship of idols thats not bad, it's worship false idols. Mary and Jesus are not.
And you're a little free with the attack Christian. Ive been a Catholic for 21 years and I can not say that I have preached nothing about my religion to anyone.
If you are going to bash another religion, at least things are clear.
Why do all these Hindu gods cowardly ten in each direction with the arms and an elephant head and does not forget Holy Cow!
In Goa and SAW ALL BUDDY, SO quiet, because they have no reason to feel disgusted.
And in India worship cows? O is allowed by God?
Do not worship idols … is respect and appreciation for the faith we have. And they are not idols .. are just pictures.
It is simply a gesture of appreciation, a sign of respect, not as a shell of the hat. It is not idolatry. Get over it.
Nobody believes that the statues have no power in themselves. Simply represent the figures that show.
Those who really believe in idol worship idols have the power.
It is a sin. It is an idol of worship and the Bible does not approve it. Muslims regard Muhammad as an idol and worship him for what they are just as bad. Mary was indeed a girl chosen for Jesus, but when we get to heaven will be the same as all of us who do. Maybe not before his bow. This thing about it is a symbol of their religion, Hogwash, blaspheming God and putting mary before Jesus.
I will not bow to any image, but I do pray to God and ask for the name of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, the Protestants are perverse enough to make liars of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Apostles, we wonder if we need to continually slander the Catholics, saying silly things and think about them no worse than the heathen? What is more absurd than Catholics to preach that stocks and stones of worship for the gods, creating images of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and other saints to pray with them, and put their trust in them that love a god of bread and wine, that his sins are forgiven by the priest, without repentance and amendment of life, the pope or anyone else can give license to commit sin, or, in an amount money that forgiveness of sins can be obtained? For these and many other absurdities and slander, just answer: "Cursed is he who believes in such absurdities and untruths with which Protestants impiously charge the children of the Catholic Church. All these are another serious source of their failure. "
"What faith can we learn from these false teachers when, as a result of the separation of church that have no rule of faith? … How often changed their views Calvin! And during his life, Luther was constantly contradicting himself: in the single article of the Eucharist, he fell in thirty-three contradictions! A single contradiction is sufficient to demonstrate that it is the Spirit of God. "He can not deny himself" (II Timothy 2:13). In a word, to bring the authority of the Church, and not divine revelation, nor natural reason itself is of any use, so each can be interpreted by each person according to his own whim … Do they not see that from this accursed liberty of conscience has arisen the immense variety of heretical sects and atheists? … I repeat: if you take away the obedience to the Church, there is no mistake that is not embraced.
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Against reformers
Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible Online
Further Reading
San Alfonso Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Do you have pictures of their loved ones?
Statues and images of people we love are not idols.
Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are like photographs of the people you love and respect.
The King James Version of the Bible, in Exodus 20:4 says: "Do you taxed any image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth, or that is in the water under the earth "
Why the Jews were commanded not to encumber the images? Imposed images were the standard method of pagan worship. Representations were false gods.
This is a very clear command.
But the Jews God in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18-19, "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou will"
And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon made bulls and other images of precious metals.
It seems clear that the Jews do not worship and cherubims Solomon did not worship the bulls he had done. These images did not violate the command of God. Therefore, an image is not acceptable for worship.
In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the LORD said to Moses," Make a saraph and mounted on a stick, and if someone has been bitten in the sights, he will recover. "Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted on a pole and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered."
And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in the correlation, "And as Moses lifted the [image of a] serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted so that the whole world that cree in it can have eternal life. "
How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross is seen as an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words, remained in sight of all, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, not unlike a painting, a play or a movie.
Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
With love in Christ.
"Digusting? "Hypocrites" Is this a summary of the Hindu vision? I doubt it somehow.
Ah well, there is so blind as those who will not see.
Mere fact that Christians must bow in front of the images does not mean they are bowing to "the pictures.
You see, before we criticize another religion, beliefs and practices, would help if you really knew anything about other religious beliefs and practices in the first place:
Deut. 4:15 - from this verse, some people say that since he saw "no way" the Lord, do not burden the pictures of him.
Deut. 4:16 - of course, early in the history of Israel is forbidden to make images of God because God is not revealed himself yet visible "in the form of any shape."
Deut. 4:17-19 - Therefore, the Israelites had not yet represented God revealed, that might be tempted to worship him as a beast, bird, reptile or fish, which is a common mistake of the times.
Exodus 3:2-3; Dan 7:9, Matt. 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32, Acts 2:3 - later, however, we see that God revealed Himself in visible form (as a dove, fire, etc.).
Deut. 5:8 - God's commandment "thou shall not encumber an image" is entirely connected to the worship of false gods. God does not prohibit images to be used in worship, but forbids the images to be worshiped.
Exodus 25:18-22, 26:1,31 - for example, God orders the making of the image of the cherubim of gold. This heavenly image, of course, is not adored by the Israelites. However, the picture has their minds and call a supernatural God.
Num 21:8-9 - God also commands the making of the bronze serpent. The image of the bronze serpent is not an idol to be worshiped, but an article that raises the spirit to the supernatural.
I Kings 6:23-36, 7:27-39, 8:6-67 - Solomon's temple contains statues and images of cherubim cherubim, lions and oxen. God does not condemn these images that were used in worship.
2 Kings 18:4 - it was only when people started to worship the statue did incur the wrath of God and the king destroyed it. The command prohibits the use of images to tax applies only to the false worship of those images.
1 Chron. 28:18-19 - David Solomon is the plan for the refining of gold altar with images of cherubim of gold. These images were used in the Jews most solemn place of worship.
2 Chron. 3:7-14 - the house was lined with gold elaborate cherubim carved in wood and coated with gold.
Ezekiel. 41:15 - Ezekiel describes imposed images in the temple has carvings of cherubs appear. These are similar to the images of angels and saints in many Catholic churches.
Col. 1:15 - the only image of God that Catholics worship is Jesus Christ who is the "image" (Greek "Eikon") of the invisible God.
Finally, I leave you with Proverbs 12:15: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
This is what in your heart that matters, is worshiping the idol of stone or wood or whatever is the idol, the living and true God? There are a lot of doctrinal issues that I disagree with the Catholic Church, but that does not mean that some Catholics are not real and honest relationship with Jesus Christ.
Read Ravi Zacharias, a Christian who used to be a Hindu, that can help.
I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. We Christians do not worship the cross, Mary and other objects or images. We worship the Lord God Almighty. There are no idols or images of it in our Kingdom Halls or in our homes. Like you, who are disgusted by these forms of worship in the "Christianity".
Go to this website. You will find interesting information about all religions, including his own. At this site, just click on "false religions" and select one you want to learn about.http: / / http://www.jesus es savior.com