2007-02-08 22:30:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
of course they are idolators. They just claim that "we dont worship the saints, we are just praying to them, and asking them to intervene".
Whats the difference between worship and prayer? They sound the same to me.
So why not skip the idol worship and pray to god directly - oh wait the protestants already do that.
In my eyes, the Catholics are idolators.
2007-02-08 23:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics look at images, such as statues and pictures, to have an idea of to whom they are praying. It is not worshipping images or idols (statues), they are like any photo of your family and friends to remember that person. Catholics are also Christians. If you get a DVD called "1,000 years of Christianity" you will understand it all. The beads are called Rosary beads, to keep count of each prayer being said.
2007-02-08 23:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by dogwhitenowra 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lets look at what the bible tells us,
Matthew 23:8 Jesus , " You have only one teacher, and all of you are like brothers and sisters. Don't call anyone on earth your father. All of you have the same Father in heaven. None of you should be called the leader. The Messiah is your only leader."
The catholic priests are constantly referred to as father, and the pope is undenaibly worshipped as a leader.
Secondly, 1John 5:7-8 "..the Father, the word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one..."
This is the reference to the doctrine of the trinity but interesting to note that this text never appeared in any bible prior to the sixteenth century, and does not appear in any unchanged modern translations to this day. It does appear mainly in the king James version. It is the most controversial part of biblical translation. Isaac Newton commented on this in 'an Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions in Scripture'. In the early nineteenth century, Albert Barnes declared this text not to be a genuine portion of the original inspired writings. The main point here is the alteration of the bible to reinforce the doctrine of the trinity.
Furthermore, the church originally worshipped on Saturday, or on the Sabbath which is clearly stated in the gospels to being the day after Good Friday. In approx. 1210 AD the day of worship was changed to Sunday, many denominations still worship on Saturday. It is not my intention to offend but to look at some of the teachings of the bible. God Bless!
2007-02-09 00:58:21 · answer #3 · answered by deejay 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those "prayer beads" are called the Rosary. It is a prayer NOT to Mary (surprise, surprise!) but asking for her intercession, the same way you'd ask friends to pray for you.
"Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women." Was Gabriel the Archangel worshiping Mary when he said that?
"Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus." Say, does that mean Elizabeth, Mary's cousin, was worshiping her too? I don't think so. Neither are we when we say that prayer.
And we Catholics do not worship images themselves. They only serve as reminders of God. (An example: Joshua 4:1-7)
Incidentally, when you carry pictures of loved ones around in your wallet, is it the photo that you love, per se?
2007-02-08 23:07:42 · answer #4 · answered by Aubrey T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The early Catholics were truly idolaters, but now they started retrieving from worshiping idols but just keep them in front of them to see a wrong image of God.
2007-02-08 22:45:42 · answer #5 · answered by Jac Tms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not worship images.
True, there are images of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and various saints in Catholic churches.
But we don't worship them, any more than Protestants worship pictorial images of Jesus in their Bibles or prayer books.
Read Exodus 20 carefully. It does NOT forbid us to make images at all. It forbids us to make images for the purpose of worshipping them.
But the Bible DOES permit us to make images that are used as reminders of God, or as aids in worship. See Exodus 25 and 26 -- God commands the Israelites to make all sorts of things to be used as aids in worshipping Him.
Prayer beads are simply used to "keep track" of where we are when we pray the Rosary. The beads themselves, like the objects fashioned at God's command in Exodus 25 and 26, are not objects of worship.
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2007-02-08 22:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We have answered this question a trillion times in this forum. Why don't you just access the files if you just want to know our explanation?
We do not worship idols! Period. End of statement.
May the Lord's peace be with you!
2007-02-08 22:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What you mean is they are different to you. I will wager that they have been around and following their rites long before your sect was even dreamt of.
There are now literally hundreds of Christian sects, of course all but yours are false.
2007-02-08 22:34:41 · answer #8 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, in a way they are
from what I know the religion has paganism tied in w/ it
a friend of mine told me that when he attended the Catholic church he noticed that the WORDS of the 10 commandments were changed a bit too
HOWEVER: who ever believes in JESUS & that he is our
savior , is a Christian , so yes they still are Christians too.
2007-02-08 22:40:08 · answer #9 · answered by start 6-22-06 summer time Mom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
catholisim is idolatry
2007-02-08 22:35:35 · answer #10 · answered by ekduin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋