The Bible says worship no graven images.....?
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You are absolutely right! We need to get away from that.  We do it as a habit or what we were taught.  No one knows what God looks like so we should not worship statues or pictures that proclaim to be Him.  We should only worship him and not pics.
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"...can it be backed up with scripture?"\n\nCertainly not; it's not Scriptural.  It's a pseudo-religious phrasing of an old conservative attitude.
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Many people find a beauty and moral truths in Christianity, regardless of the imperfection of the humans who brought the message.  Christianity is not superstition.  The words and days are not magic, but representations of ideas.\n\nReview again Christs' response that there are only 2 commandments, the most important is to love God, and the next to love your fellow man.  All other commandments from God follow from these two.\n\nDon't worry.  Be happy.  This is faith.
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The moment u can give any image to God, he is not God. God is actually NOOR (i.e. light). Be logical, if the God would be just like u and me with 2 eyes and ears, whats the use of worshipping him? God is not physical...
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flat nose? :-O hahaaaaaaaa so ppl with a flat nose not allowed in church? goshhhhhh!! What a piece of junk that is.. bible is.. Lol Jeez wonder how ppl believe in such crap.
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I struggle with this all the time.  I only know that the Commandments 1st law is to worship only God, for he is a jealous God....and that we aren't supposed to worship idols, etc.  Even if Jesus was the son of God, he was still born a human being and died like one....and how can you consider HIM to be God, when on the cross while he was dieing, he cried out, Father, forgive them....and Father, why hast thou forsaken me...into your hands I command my spirit.  That to me says he ISN"T God...he worshipped God himself, just like all the Jewish people did of the time.  For the very fear of offending God, I will not put Jesus first....and sometimes I see all these crosses on everything and everyone, aren't they considered statues or symbols?  God said NOT to worship them....and I pray for forgiveness if I am wrong.  I believe that there is God...he's the father of this universe, the creator.  I believe in the son because we are all sons and daughters of God if you think about it.  He created us.  And I believe in the spirit because that is what leaves the body.  And I wonder if everlasting life...what is different about that and reincarnation?  I have so many questions myself....but to me, God comes first.  I could be very wrong but it is up to each person to figure it out...and HOPE, like me, that they might be correct.
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the bible is something like "believe but do not search". But if you read between the lines you could get a scientific answer.
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Christianity strictly forbade the carving of God images,but the Catholic churches made the image of Jesus and Virgin Mary.\n\nCatholism disobeying the Bible by making the images of God.
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No you dont worship anyone but God
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1. Thou shalt have no other god's before me.\n2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images.\n3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.\n4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.\n5. Honor your father and mother.\n6. Thou shalt not kill.\n7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.\n8. Thou shalt not steal.\n9. Thou shalt not bear false witness.\n10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.\nThere's your ten things, you can find them in Exodus 20:3-17
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Christians dont worship Jesus, they worship God.
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Intolerance is in bad taste.  Just because the bible says so, doesn't make it true.  If you believe in a book simply because it claims to be the one and only word of God, the only proof you have is an idol.  Yes, the bible is an idol.  A man made object that people worship as the word of God.  Before you bash someone Else's religion, take a good long look at your own.  I mean really look at it.  Use the questioning ability, logic, and free will, that God gave you.  You will undoubtedly find out that the bible makes no sense.
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Dude, it is just way too complicated! Do you think everything in the bible went the way it says?? Church rulers and governments use and manipulate the bible to get people to do what they want! No false idols was a way for them to condemn anyone that wasn't in their religion!! \nI tell you don't think to hard on it! All religion is backed with half truths and lies!!
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Heck no!! that doesn't even follow the guidelines of the bible! the church is supposed to be based on the bible, not what some hippies think is spiritual
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The bible may say an eye for an eye. But one of the 10 commandments is Thou shalt not kill. No exceptions!
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I don't know where you get your information from.  You have been misinformed.  There are some so called "Catholics" that are misguided, as well as many others.  I was raised and taught in Catholic schools.  Not once, did anyone ever suggest praising statues or worshiping anyone or anything other than (Jesus, Holy Spirit & the Father) Holy trinity = one God.  We believe in offering prayers for loved ones, and we believe that the Staints offer they're prayers for the living.  But if someone was to assume that Catholics are taught to worship anyone or anything other than God, they are sadly mistaken.  Statues, pictures, etc... are reminders of who are good examples of how to live as Christ did.  Just like having pictures of your children.  The pictures are NOT your children, but an image of your children.  you would feed, clothe or talk to the picture.  Being Cathoilic does not mean that you are out of touch with reality.
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Can you believe it?\n\nProtestants who claim they don't worship Nativity sets!\n\nThe commandment speaks about not making graven images, or images of heavenly things.\n\nFirst, they break away from the true Church, and now they're taking liberties with the commandments.\n\nWhat will they do next?