"You shall not make for yourself a graven image"
Would the movie the passion, the crucifixes, and all the churches not fall under this category?
2006-11-06 14:20:23 · 19 answers · asked by Alucard 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do you even understand what the word worship means?
wor‧ship
–noun 1. reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
2. formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning.
3. adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success.
4. the object of adoring reverence or regard.
5. (initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually prec. by Your, His, or Her).
–verb (used with object) 6. to render religious reverence and homage to.
7. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
So just wearing a crucifix is "reverence" and "homage." Worship does NOT mean "this statue is god."
2006-11-06 14:34:23 · update #1
I agree with you, we were instructed not to bow down to anything that is man made, I didn't know this until I read the bible and then I remembered all the statues and crucifix in our catholic churches and wondered at why we would be so defiant as to make a statue of the virgin mary and kneel in front and pray when we were forbidden to.
When someone we love is killed by a gun we do not make a copy of that gun and hold it in reverance because of it, that would be considered sick, so why do we revere a wooden cross that was the object of death for our savior, it should be a shameful thing, a reminder of our weakness as human kind that we were too blind to recognize God walking among us...
I don't know that movies would count though as they only tell the story and I have never seen anyone kneel or worship at a movie.
2006-11-06 14:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by Neptune2bsure 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes. A pass could be regarded a graven photograph to many Christians. Many different Christians bear in mind the rationale for dressed in a pass to be extra of an emblem in their religion than an photograph you could truthfully pray to and worship so I wager it relies what the rationale of the pass is. If you're praying to it and idolizing it then it could be a sin. If it is just an emblem of your religion in God then it's not a sin.
2016-09-01 08:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by mcguinn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not worship graven images...
Any thing can be an idol it just depends on its value and place in your life. God doesn't mind us having things, and even places to worship him and things that remind us of him. But when they over take God in first place (Commandment number 1: Put the Lord your God FIRST) Then it is a problem.
Crucifixes - the crosses with Jesus still on them I don't personally like because my saviour is alive not still nailed to a tree.
2006-11-06 14:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They will say they do not worship those images, while telling you everyone else Does worship their images. What they don't get is that it specifically says to not make ANY such image of anything in heaven, on earth or below it. It doesn't say, it's ok so long as you are not worshipping the image... it says don't have them at all.
2006-11-06 14:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because people do not WORSHIP the object of the crucifix like they would a false god.
The Crucifix is NOT a god itself. It is a religious symbol. Nobody is worshipping it, it is just a reminder and a help for prayer.
2006-11-06 14:22:41 · answer #5 · answered by CB 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Not only that, but would you want to see people wearing the means of your childs death, say if your child was stabbed with a dagger, wouldn't you consider it a slap to see everybody wearing symbols of that dagger around their necks, or displaying them on their buildings, etc.? The means of Jesus death was a criminals death, and Jesus died for us, but he was not necessarily proud to be put to death in that manner. He even prayed to God, his Father to take that cup of suffering away from him, so why people want to wear them is questionable. And yes, many people do bow down before crucifixes.
2006-11-06 14:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Graven images are items that are worship in their present form.
Crucifixes, etc. are teaching aids, and reminders of another person who is Loved.
Think of pictures of your children in your wallet or on your desk at work. I do not worship my kids, but I do love them and enjoy being reminded of them during my work days. It keeps my perspective straight when the guy on the other side of my desk is screaming and telling how terrible I am.
2006-11-06 14:25:27 · answer #7 · answered by Lives7 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The prohibition in the Commandment is against images carved for worship. The Church does NOT compel her members to kneel or pray before images. No one is allowed by the Church to pray to images since they have no ears to hear or power to help us. The Church allows for the veneration of images as long as the honor is directed towards Christ and His saints.
Right out of the Catechism
2006-11-06 14:24:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well, you simply have to read on and it says "You shall not bow down to them or serve them". Have you seen Christians bowing down to a cross and serving a cross? Or a crucifix (which has the statue of Christ on it) for that matter? But if you target is the Roman Catholics, then I will let them answer for themselves to you.
2006-11-06 14:26:04 · answer #9 · answered by Seraph 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This is true if you are worshiping this cross but most people wear this cross to remember Jesus Christ and what he went through just like we celebrate Christmas for his birthday. The cross represents his death.
2006-11-06 14:25:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋