is it true that catholics are committing idolatry?

Question

is it true? or are they really holy?

Answer 1

I have friends that are Catholic.I work with them,and we share religious views togeather.I am Baptist.A bible believing one.
From God's word and his teaching,I have fear for their soul,because of their conversations.I am not hearing what thus saith the Lord from
their lips.I love catholics,but I hate Catholicism.So does the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob

Answer 2

Catholics "venerate" Mary and the saints is by creating statues and images of them. Many Catholics use images of Mary and/or the saints as "good luck charms." Any cursory reading of the Bible will reveal this practice as blatant idolatry (Exodus 20:4-6; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 John 5:21). Rubbing rosary beads is idolatry. Lighting candles before a statue or portrayal of a saint is idolatry. Burying a Joseph statue in hopes of selling your home (and countless other Catholic practices) is idolatry.

Answer 3

Not Catholic anymore, but I just thought the statues were just for decoration. In the early days of the Church most people were illiterate and the Bible was in Latin or Greek. Statues gave people something physical to relate to since most Church services wouldn't have made much sense. It was easier for priests to say, "This is so-and-so. They did something great and are in Heaven. Pray to them to intercede to God for you". They represent an idea, not the person.

Apparently the Church of Touchdown/Butter/Melting Jesus on I-75 in Munroe, Ohio never got the memo. The 60-foot torso of the Lamb of Hosts is quite a site to see. Google it. There's a song about it, too.

Answer 4

We Catholics do not commit idolatry because we only worship the Living God (in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit).

Idol-worship is the worship of man-made idols and/or false gods. We don't do that. It's forbidden for Catholics to do so.

Answer 5

The Catholic Church _does not_ commit idolatry. We use the statues in our Church as reminders of those who have gone to Heaven before us and how we are suppossed to live our lives for God and God alone.

Answer 6

Idolatry is divine worship given to an image, but its signification has been extended to all Divine worship given to anyone or anything but the true God.

By definition, a Catholic praying before a crucifix to the true God or a Non-Catholic Christian praying before a cross to the true God is not idolatry.

By definition, a Catholic asking a saint in heaven to pray for him or her in front of a statue of that saint is not idolatry.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

Any time you give a statue or graven image religious value and pray before it, at it, to it, or with it, you're going against the teachings of the Bible. God says to pray to him, ONLY through the mediator he gave us: Jesus. Other practices do seem to fall under the category of idolatry.

Answer 8

I'm sure every religouse group in the world has a precentage of people that commit adultary, including Catholicism.

Answer 9

If A person is praying to a statue of Mary or any kind of graven image,plant,animal,etc,etc.Then yes they are committing idolatry.

Answer 10

No, Mike, we don't worship idols. We don't worship statues or pictures of saints (or the actual saints themselves) any more than you worship pictures of your family and friends. Saints are holy men and women whose Christian examples we strive to emulate. We keep pictures and statues of them to remind us of the way we should strive to live. Because we believe that all the faithful are alive in Christ, including those who have passed on from this life, we ask the saints to pray for us to God. To the saints, we give respect and honor. To God, and God alone, we give glory, worship, and praise.