Catholics praying to a pizza pan..?

Question

LOL... that was soooo funny.. anyone agree? I guess it had a person that looked like 'mary'.. Even know thats how white Americans depict her as looking.. just tell me where in the bible it says you can worship idols? ;)

Answer 1

We dont worship Mary, we ask her to pray for us (same with saints), but I will agree- this whole thing of people seeing her in trees, clouds, walls, toast, its dumb.

Answer 2

I think the idea of Mary appearing in a pizza is ridiculous as well. However, let's not make the mistake of limiting God's power. If God wanted to, He would allow Mary's image to appear in a pizza.

The Bible clearly forbids the worship of idols. There is the possibility you do not fully understand what makes a idol an idol:

Images and Statues
Deut. 4:15 - from this verse, Protestants say that since we saw "no form" of the Lord, we should not make graven images of Him.

Deut. 4:16 - of course, in early history Israel was forbidden to make images of God because God didn't yet reveal himself visibly "in the form of any figure."

Deut. 4:17-19 - hence, had the Israelites depicted God not yet revealed, they might be tempted to worship Him in the form of a beast, bird, reptile or fish, which was a common error of the times.

Exodus 3:2-3; Dan 7:9; Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32; Acts 2:3- later on, however, we see that God did reveal himself in visible form (as a dove, fire, etc).

Deut. 5:8 - God's commandment "thou shall not make a graven image" is entirely connected to the worship of false gods. God does not prohibit images to be used in worship, but He prohibits the images themselves to be worshiped.

Exodus 25:18-22; 26:1,31 - for example, God commands the making of the image of a golden cherubim. This heavenly image, of course, is not worshiped by the Israelites. Instead, the image disposes their minds to the supernatural and draws them to God.

Num. 21:8-9 - God also commands the making of the bronze serpent. The image of the bronze serpent is not an idol to be worshiped, but an article that lifts the mind to the supernatural.

I Kings 6:23-36; 7:27-39; 8:6-67 - Solomon's temple contains statues of cherubim and images of cherubim, oxen and lions. God did not condemn these images that were used in worship.

2 Kings 18:4 - it was only when the people began to worship the statue did they incur God's wrath, and the king destroyed it. The command prohibiting the use of graven images deals exclusively with the false worship of those images.

1 Chron. 28:18-19 - David gives Solomon the plan for the altar made of refined gold with a golden cherubim images. These images were used in the Jews' most solemn place of worship.

2 Chron. 3:7-14 - the house was lined with gold with elaborate cherubim carved in wood and overlaid with gold.

Ezek. 41:15 - Ezekiel describes graven images in the temple consisting of carved likenesses of cherubim. These are similar to the images of the angels and saints in many Catholic churches.

Col. 1:15 - the only image of God that Catholics worship is Jesus Christ, who is the "image" (Greek "eikon") of the invisible God.

Answer 3

Ummm....Catholics don't worship Mary. We honor her as an amazing person, higher than any saint, lower only than Jesus, because of her sacrifice in becoming Jesus' mother. The Ten Commandment say we aren't allowed to worship false gods, but we're not. We worship God, and God alone.

Answer 4

It is ignorant to mock someone else's religion and religious practices. By the way Mr.know-it-all, "even know" is not a correct phrase, it's "even though".

I was taught that Catholic's are not WORSHIPPING Mary, they are honoring her as Jesus' mother and asking her to intervene on your behalf as you would a friend's mother.

Answer 5

Jesus said..
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.


:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever

he never said to pray to anyone else or use there name, Jesus said HE would pray to the father for you.

Answer 6

I have no idea what your talking about, but yes, that would be idol worship, or a deceitful "miracle" of the evil one.

Answer 7

lol your good. Catholics worship a lot of things.

Answer 8

Sorry, I've never prayed to a pizza pan.

Answer 9

what kind of pizza was made that caused the image? i'm just curious to know. they could rename it the "hail mary specialty pie".

Answer 10

Her soul magnifies the Lord (Luke 1:46-55)! Think of what that means for just a moment.




Everything about Our Lady points straight back to the Father, Whose faithful daughter she is; to the Son, Whose mother she is; and to the Holy Ghost Who overshadowed her. There is no one in all of History whose relationship with God is as complex, fulfilled, and achingly beautiful as Mary's. She is not only the greatest of Saints, she is our Mother, as Jesus is our Brother and Savior. In honoring her, we honor Him -- and imitate Him, as we are admonished to both honor our parents and imitate Christ, Who loved His Mother.


Adam and Eve, immaculate from their first moments, prefigure Mary and Jesus, also without original sin from their conceptions -- the only four people immaculate from their first moments, creating a brillian poetic symmetry in Scripture. And as Eve through her disobedience, was the means through whom Adam brought sin into the world, Mary, the New Eve, through her obedience, was the means through whom salvation entered the world when she gave birth to her Son, the New Adam, our Savior.



Hail, Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.



It just strikes me as evil, this not uncommon attempt to diminish Mary's status and the unceasing accusations against Catholics of trying to raise her status to that of God's. There's something very sinister and ugly in it, and I find it offensive. We Catholics take great care in pointing out that "worship" in the sense of latria 3 is GOD'S alone -- even to the point of having separate terms for the honor and adoration due to God as opposed to the honor and veneration of the Saints -- including His greatest Saint, Mary. They are:


latria: the honor due to God alone
dulia: the honor due to human creatures worthy of respect
hyperdulia: the honor due to Mary as God's greatest creation and our Queen Mother



To love Mary takes nothing at all from Christ, but honors our Blessed Lord by Whose grace she is who she is: His greatest creation, the greatest of Saints, the Queen of Heaven, the Immaculate Conception, the spotless Virgin, the Ark of the Covenant, the New Eve, the mother of God, and the mother of Israel -- our mother who wants nothing more for us than to pray for us and show us her Son.