It's still the idea that wood and stone embodies a deity.
2007-08-17 07:52:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You really don't understand Judaism, do you?
2007-08-17 08:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not at all! The pagan idols represented deities. The Judeo-Christian God can't be represented by an inanimate object, and nobody's ever tried. Yes, there are lots of pictures of Jesus, but that is Jesus the man, not Jesus the God.
'Temples' as such no longer exist. The last one was destroyed in the first century. Before that, Jewish practices revolved around the Temple, and all Jews lived within a day or so's travel from the Temple. After that Jews were dispersed around the world. Judaism entered a new age, called the 'rabbinic age'. And of course there never were Christians temples.
All Jews and Christians have now are meeting places. Just buildings, nothing especially holy about them.
2007-08-17 07:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
New one on me, your idea, A thought, does that mean,
Mount Rushmore, and all other national sculptures are in the same running, All the time I thought they were memorials, A token tribute to remind one of the past,Works of art to be admired to feast our eyes on the wonder of a human artist"s talent, I am in wonder as we involve our selves with foolish dripple, The suffering people are going through in other nations, No matter if one is of a different belief, or none at all.
2007-08-17 08:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by jenny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My church does not embody Christ or God any more than any other location in creation. The church building is a place for person that share the same faith to come together, and join in worship of the creator and redeemer of the whole world.
2007-08-17 07:57:34 · answer #4 · answered by keezy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Believers in G-d (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), can worship and praise Him anywhere at anytime. It does not matter, if they are at a beach, in an elaborate temple, or a large crystal cathedral. All praise, glory, honor, thanksgiving, and worship; are being directed to G-d not the location or building.
We do not “worship” creation, we “glorify” the Creator.
2007-08-17 08:15:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's a Judeo-Xtian?
2007-08-17 09:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People don't change much, it does appear to be the same thing.
2007-08-17 07:55:31 · answer #7 · answered by hog b 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
They have involved themselves in idol worship.
2007-08-17 07:57:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋