Christians have an idol of the Lord Jesus in every church. I know that idolatry is condenmed in the Bible too. So, why do Christians prefer to have an idol of Jesus Christ when it goes against the very essence of the Christian faith?
No one-liners please!
2006-11-09 19:39:18 · 25 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Which Christians have you seen?
You might have never seen one Church Building other that the Catholic. I Bet.
You are talking about the Catholics. We do not count them as Christians for they are the ones who says they are Christians and worship Idols.
Would you like If I say, all Muslims are terrorists, while the majority of Muslims do not like terrorism?
Catholic Church follow a set of rules made by their Popes. They even claim that Peter the Apostle of Jesus Christ was their first pope. This claim is total nonsense.
So do not get confused with Real Christians and Catholics.
2006-11-09 21:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by TOM T 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We have no such "idol" in our church. However, you are mistaken about it being an idol in the first place.
Idolatry is one of three things: Worshiping the creation rather than the creator, or creating an image of a false god and worshiping that image or that god through that image, or creating an image of God to worship, trying to compare the unseen God to something that can be seen, and using that idol in worship.
Images of Christ are memorials, not idols. They remind us of what Jesus did for us to help us worship him. Memorials are certainly NOT against Christianity. God is constantly asking His people to create memorials.
Now some christians might turn these memorials into idols, praying to the statue, or laying things at its feet, or what have you, but that is certainly not the standard practice.
2006-11-10 03:53:58 · answer #2 · answered by Serving Jesus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sadly, false "Christians" do many things which have no connection with the bible or Christ's teachings. Clearly, idolatry among titular "Christians" quite plainly conflicts with the Scriptures.
(1 John 5:21) Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
(1 Corinthians 10:14) Therefore, my beloved ones, flee from idolatry.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20050508a/article_01.htm
2006-11-10 04:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
What you are talking about went against the essence of the old Hebrew faith.
Ever since Jesus died and rose again, it's been a whole new ball game.
New rules. New method of scoring. Much better retirement benefits.
The new testament church, by the authority given to it by God, modified the old testament commandments to take the "image" thing into account.
In fact, Jesus himself is a flesh image of a heavenly thing, something which was absolutely prohibited under the old law.
Many protestants don't accept the authority of the church in these matters, but that's just the way it is.
Old law = applies to old covenant. Expired.
New law = readopted and readapted from the old, or instituted solely by the God given authority of the church.
2006-11-10 11:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You are right, a true christian notice that God hate idols, this is found in the book of Exodus chapter telling about the 10 commandments.
Idol has been brought since early in human history, some head of churches said that people will be more regular to church if they have a model of what Christ look like, thinking that will increase their faith since human kind has the aptitude of seeing to trust.
2006-11-10 03:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by ziminu_zoli 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah thats right the second commandment of the ten commandments says "you shall not make for yourself ANY graven image."
Most Christians think the laws in the old testament do not pertain to them because Jesus came and did away with the law of moses. But I find it funny that "doing away with the law" is actually something a fale prophet would do and not the Messiah. So either Jesus is a false prophet or Christians are wrong. Personally i would have to go with the latter.
"That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to TURN YOU FROM THE WAY THE LORD YOUR GOD COMMANDED YOU TO FOLLOW." - Deuteronomy 13:5
So kids, if you find Jesus contradicting God's commandments, either Jesus is a false prophet or you are following the church's misguided interpretaion.
(Jesus talking): "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." -Matthew 5:17
2006-11-10 03:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by Tripper 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm sorry, my church doesn't have any idols or statues. I'm sure that some churches do, but probably not for worship, just to give a visual image or to remind everyone that we were created in His image. Besides, I haven't seen anybody bow down before a statue and praise the gold or brass it was made out of, but to the spirit that it is to represent. Catholics do have their statues, but that is something I don't know about.
2006-11-10 03:52:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes it does look like idolatry. But that is to be expected from mainstream "Christianity". I heard somewhere that decorating trees was supposed to be a strictly pagan practice originally, but what do we do every year at christmas? Put simply, the most likely explanation would be the Catholics making concessions throughout history, so that rituals and practices are similar enough to keep the pagan converts happy.
2006-11-10 03:50:49 · answer #8 · answered by mick69 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christians are not idolators.
By the way, how many churches have you been in? Because most of the ones I have visited do not have a statue/painting of anyone, much less Jesus.
2006-11-10 06:21:40 · answer #9 · answered by atreadia 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was about to say that Jesus was in His very essence God as it says in the Bible, but I pulled up this article on my way to finding the citation, so I'm sort of wondering now...
2006-11-10 03:50:42 · answer #10 · answered by Joez2103 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋