I have never asked that. Actually it sounds like a fundie question to me. They are the first to say that Catholics are not "true" Christians.
Am I wrong?
2007-03-13 12:58:54 · 11 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-03-13 13:01:59 · update #1
Uh. No. I never ask that. Because I am a Catholic and I can guarantee that we worship nothing but the Most Holy and Blessed Trinity, One God. Period.
Not "saints", not "statues", not "idols", not "Mary". God only. Period.
Worship is reserved for God alone. Period.
2007-03-13 13:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Do you have pictures of your loved ones? Have you ever looked at the picture of someone while talking on the phone to them?
Statues and pictures of people we love are not idols.
Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are just like pictures of the people we love and respect.
The King James Version of the Bible states in Exodus 20:4: "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"
Why were the Jews commanded not to make graven images? Graven images were the standard method of pagan worship. They were representations of false gods.
This is a very clear command.
However God commanded the Jews in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18–19, "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them"
And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon made bulls and other images out of precious metals.
It seems obvious that the Jews did not worship the cherubims and Solomon did not worship the bulls he had made. These images did not violate the command of God. Therefore, an image not made for worship is acceptable.
In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover." Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered."
And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in correlation, "And just as Moses lifted up the [image of a] serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ dead on the cross be considered an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words held up for all to see, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, no different from a painting, a play, or a movie.
Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
With love in Christ.
2007-03-14 01:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have never asked that question. I've answered it more time than I can count, though.
In my experience, people seem to ask that question for one of two reasons. Either they honestly don't understand certain aspects of Catholic practice and tradition (which is not a problem - there's a lot I don't understand) or they have a chip on their shoulder against the Catholic Church and want to be insulting.
2007-03-13 20:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm a "fundie" Christian and wouldn't ask that darling. I know Catholics are Christians too, they just worship different from us Baptists. And yes, you're wrong.
2007-03-13 20:26:22 · answer #4 · answered by the pink baker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh... "AM I WRONG?"
"No, Walter, you're not wrong... you're just an a**hole!"
Oh, and no, you aren't wrong. Asking that question wouldn't even occur to me unless of course a fundie suggested something of the sort... then I might as just to get an idea how all the fundies feel.
2007-03-13 20:02:15 · answer #5 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've seen it asked a dozen times on here.. I personally know many fundie christians who will say that Catholics are not christian for many reasons, and one of them is the worship of idols (which they don't do, btw). It's ridiculous, considering that is their mother church, whether they want to admit it or not.
2007-03-13 20:02:54 · answer #6 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Seen this question a million times and no, we do not worship idols. Check out this link if you'd like to know more:
http://catholic.com/library/Do_Catholics_Worship_Statues.asp
God bless.
2007-03-14 16:10:30 · answer #7 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't worship idols. Who is your favorite famous person? Do you have photos of them? What about your relatives-do you have photos of them? Do you worship any of these people?
2007-03-14 15:55:35 · answer #8 · answered by Melanie S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, and why does every other Christian denomination do the same?
I'll say it again....Catholics are Christians.
2007-03-13 21:38:41 · answer #9 · answered by buttercup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.Many,many times.
2007-03-13 20:03:22 · answer #10 · answered by JCR 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋