but yet i know you are going to tell me you dont, okay what are you praying to other than the statue cos it isnt God you should pray direct dont you think ?
2007-01-31 23:09:06 · 30 answers · asked by mario 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
christians dont pray to statues
2007-01-31 23:11:30 · answer #1 · answered by Betty 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Some people are mad! Most people here are right in what they say, that The Bible teaches us not to worship idols and statues etc. However Catholics do pray to statues of the virgin mary, which in my opinion is pretty evil! Firstly they are praying to a statue, which is wrong, secondly they pray not to the father, the son or the holy spirit, but to some bird who just so happened to be the mother of christ. Catholics say that they pray to the V.M. as a way to get to jesus, as they are unworthy to speak to him. This is not true as Jesus said 'I am the truth, the way and the light, you can only get to GOD through me and by no other way!
2007-02-01 07:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by Dunk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An idol is an idol is an idol.
Idols just represent the real thing they say. The real thing they say is what is being prayed to like St. Marten and St. Jude and St. this and St. that, or Mary -- none of whom are to be prayed to nor stand as the High Priest of our confession.
Scripture says, unlike other reports here, that we are to ask in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the name that has been put above all names - past, present and future.
2007-02-01 13:52:07 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics do not pray to statues of anyone. Rather, we pray to the people the statues represent. The statues are simply reminders, like having a picture of a family member or best friend. The photo is not you friend, but it helps to remind you of that person and also reminds you of certain events.
When we pray to the saints, we are not worshipping them. We are asking them to pray for us. It is the same as asking a friend to pray for you. Since we believe that in death life is changed, not ended we believe that the saints can pray for us in heaven just as they prayed for people while they were alive on earth.
2007-02-01 08:06:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible curses idolatry repeatedly in the Old and New Testaments. Bowing before images and praying to dead people is a foul odor unto God and blasphemes the Holy Spirit---it is a damnable offense. Christians do not need an earthly intercessor---they pray directly to Jesus because he is our intercessor with the Father and the Holy Spirit. We are baptized into his presence and service in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, not in the name of wood, porcelain and paint. Churches that are filled with glitter and glitz know not the harm that they do to the body of Christ.
2007-02-01 07:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know what you mean. The churches that I go to do not have any Statue's in them, infact if you walked into one it would just look like a comunity hall/multifunctional hall.
i do not know where you have been going to that has statues.
In fact Jesus said that there will be a time where people will not need a church to pray in, and I believe that that time is NOW!
2007-02-01 07:30:49 · answer #6 · answered by Joolz of Salopia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All depends on your view. The "low" churchgoers (baptists, methodists etc.) all believe that the catholics are idolaters. The Jews believe that all xtians are to some extent idolaters and, break the commandments (Thou shalt have no other gods before me - that kicks JC out as the son of a god must by definition be a god himself).
Perhaps all the later Abrahamic religions should get rid of their false prophets and godlings and pray to the creator him/her/it-self.
2007-02-01 07:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians don't pray to statues. I pray directly to God and ask in Jesus' name.
2007-02-01 07:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All religions have symbols which their followers have created and use them for prayers. But none of their believers would confess and accept that they are washipping statutes/symbols. Only the outsiders can see that.
In this case, the believers count on what they believe inwords and not what is seen outwords, and that is called Religion or Faith. You have to have it in order not to see the fasad. If you don't havae it, you see nothing but the fasad: the obvious thing to the naked eye.
2007-02-01 07:17:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ebby 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only under New Labour. Statutes are articles of law - perhaps you mean statues? They don't pray to the statues, it's just that the personification helps them to focus.
2007-02-01 07:24:05 · answer #10 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
People pray to what the statue represents to them. So if there is a statue of Mother Mary, people pray to her, hoping that her motherly love will help them. The statue is never (in no religion) what is actually thought to be reached.
2007-02-01 08:13:20 · answer #11 · answered by katinka hesselink 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋