because of Exodus 20:4 (Thou shalt not make . . . any likeness of any thing . . . that is in the earth"? I know when TV came out, it was sometimes called "the devil's box."
2007-09-04 11:04:39 · 11 answers · asked by Cee T 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It depends on the religion and sect. For most civilized people, photography was no different than painting and the same rules would apply. Some groups forbid images (based on that passage or on other passages in other scriptures) and some do not. In more primitive areas, in a addition to the fact that some societies banned images, there was the fact that photography seemed to do its work by magic.
Still, in the mainstream christian world, photography was not condemned by the majority any more than portrait painting was condemned. As for TV, the devil was due to the programming, not to TV's images.
2007-09-04 11:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some did and some still do. The Amish for instance.
Btw, put yourself in their place and imagine seeing a photo for the very first time. Surely many thought it was black magic or something evil. Today we are programed to know they are just pictures, but imagine growing up and never seeing such a thing. It would be scary at first, no doubt.
2007-09-04 18:15:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question and I'm going to research it. Photography was invented in the 1830's, so I'll check around that time period. Odds are that preachers DID speak out against it, they tend to speak out against anything that's new and/or different.
2007-09-04 18:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by chazzychef 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a photographic image is produced by hardening part of the emulsion then washing away (aka engraving) the stuff that doesn't form the image; so it's a graven image to be sure.
that and it is steals your soul.
2007-09-04 18:15:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely,I had an great uncle that was a preacher, he never had indoor plumbing because it wasn't god's way.
2007-09-04 18:10:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey---the Christian Church yelled & screamed when Galileo proposed the earth wasn't fixed & standing on pillars as the Bible states --they tortured him until he withdrew his theory--they just don't like facts proving their Bible completely wrong.
2007-09-04 18:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by huffyb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, they had a problem with movies though. My pastor's joke was: it was okay to look at pictures, but it became a sin if you looked at them at 30 frames per second.
2007-09-04 18:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I'm old, but not old enough to have been around for the first cameras. Sorry I couldn't help you.
2007-09-04 18:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know some Christian denominations are anti-photography... so yes, I would only assume it was once more wide-spread... interesting question...
2007-09-04 18:09:06 · answer #9 · answered by vérité 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. It was used for pornography shortly after it was invented. And Christians are usually against anything they don't understand.
2007-09-04 18:08:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋