I need more answers / thoughts, please?

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ok, saturday.

but ask a catholic and they will tell you that they don't worship these statues that you see them "bow down" to.

what's the difference between that and keeping photographs or paintings in the house? aren't that not allowed to then?

Answer 1

Many people say "We don't pray to the statues they are just symbols that help us focus on God."

The ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, etc prayed to statues of Zeus and other gods and they knew that it was not literaly Zeus. Zeus had many temples with many statues. They knew that it was only a symbol. So yes you are praying to the statues or else why would GOD say not to do it. When you make idols you don't elevate your concept of God rather you debase it by confining an omnipotent, ominpresent God into a "graven image".

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of ANY THING that is in HEAVEN above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Exodus 20:4

ernest is also right no where in either the Old or New Testament does it say to keep Sunday Holy



The person below me is obviously Catholic so here is a text from the Catholic Church stating that Saturday is the Sabbath

“You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day we never sanctify.” - James Cardinal Gibbons

here is another in case there is still any confusion

The holy day, the Sabbath , was changed from Saturday to Sunday… not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church’s sense of its own power… People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority should logically become Seventh Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy.” –Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21. 1995

Ask a Jew which day is the Sabbath and they will tell you it is Saturday.

The Bible says that the Sabbath is the 7th day of the week
Saturday : the seventh day of the week
-Webster’s Dictionary

Jesus rose from the dead the day after Sabbath, If Sunday is the Sabbath then that would mean he rose on Monday. Please read the Bible.

Answer 2

You have stumbled upon a debate which has raged for centuries, possibly millennia. Martin Luther (no, not MLK. The other Martin Luther) was one of the most influential people in this debate, and one of his 95 theses was that statues/saints/etc. were idolatry. His thinking is the reason that most Protestant crosses do not have the figure of Jesus hanging on them, while Catholic crosses do.

You should note that the Catholic Church insists that statues are a reminder of the person they represent, not an object of worship. Also note that the Catholic Church insists that Catholics do not pray to saints; rather, they ask the saints to intercede on their behalf. The Catholic Church leans very heavily on tradition (probably too heavily, but that's another debate for another time), and it makes sense that they would defend recognition of saints and religious works of art as part of their tradition. They struggle to preserve those traditions, but they try to avoid idolatry or the appearance of idolatry.

Answer 3

In Old Testament times, not only were those rules good guidelines, they were a code of living, necessary to sanctify God's people. A lot of them, like circumcision and not eating pork, had no real reason behind them other than to test the people and to set them apart. Whenever they touched someting unclean, they had to wash; every year, they had to sacrifice. They had to have a medium between them and God (the priests). When Jesus died for us, this duty was lifted from us. The temple curtain between the outside and the Holy of Holies was torn; this represented that there was no longer a barrier between the people and God, they could ask for forgiveness themselves, rather than offer a sacrifice through a priest. Jesus's coming voided the laws that were meant to separate God's people from everybody else, because there was no longer any separation. There are still laws that apply, but rather than being our means of salvation, they are guidelines to following God's path; the only thing needed for salvaton now is Jesus.

Answer 4

The Sunday Holy is the Sabbath Day written in the 10 commandments. You must not work during the Sabbath day according to the old testament.

Catholics do not worship these statutes. Why are you entertaining youself with misguided interpretation of the bible? Zeus is not God. He is something else. Jesus is Jesus. If I have a picture of Jesus in my home and pray in front of the picture, do I pray to the frame, the glass, the paper, the ink? I pray directly to Jesus. The same goes with statutes. If you hate images so much, why do you keep photos? statutes of any kind in your garden? Please, wake up and understand what God really wants. He does not care about the food you eat, pictures or statutes, work or not during the sabbath, circumcised or not, HE cares about our hearts. If you want to keep the old testament's rules: then keep them ALL - not just part of them and then attack others for not keeping the rest. I agree with you that Jesus has redemeed us all.

Answer 5

The Old Testament was written for a primitive culture. They needed laws just to behave civilized. It might be in exodus or leviticus, where Moses actually has to spell it out for people that when you have to use the bathroom, you 'step off the trail, then you cover your mess up.' Humanity evolved, so Jesus brought a message of love rather than of law. Love was supposed to supercede all other laws, but people still hang on to the old laws that serve their agendas.

Answer 6

ARE YOU TRULY SEEKING GODS TRUTH
CATHOLICS DO BOW DOWN TO THOSE IDOLS.
IT DOES NOT RESTRICT US FROM WORKING ON SUNDAYS BUT IT DOES RESTRICT US FROM WORKING ON SATURDAYS THE 7TH DAY SABBATH
NONE OF THE LAWS OF GOD ARE DONE AWAY WITH.
Mt 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Mt 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
7TH DAY SABBATH
Ex 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Ex 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed

Answer 7

"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. (Matthew 5:17)

Jesus said this in the Bible, how would u reconcile this verse with your argument? Jesus followed the old laws. Christian means a follower of Christ, so why not follow him in observing the law?

Answer 8

There is only one mediator between God and man and that is Christ Jesus. Catholics use Mary and other "saints" and pray for the dead and so forth... which is both idolatry and can be considered channeling ... both of which is forbidden in the Bible... and worthy of death.

Answer 9

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