so.......question for christiansand catholics?

Question

how do christians know that everything in the bibke is real if u dont know the person who wrote it??
and those of you who believe in the virgin mary why do u make pictures of her if in the 10 comandments god wrote that no pictures or images of any saints or any gods be created or another word for it would be idolatry
how come u guys worship pictures if u dont even know how they looked??

Answer 1

We don't worship pictures, for crying out loud.

The commandment against idolatry was because the Israelites made the golden calf and said that IT WAS THEIR GOD.

Images and statues are holy reminders. Do you have issues with the statues in the rotunda of the capitol?

And- for believing what is written without knowing the author- the author is GOD. And I know Him. Quite well, actually!

How can you believe anything written in a history book? Do you know every author of every history book? I bet not.

IT'S CALLED FAITH.

Answer 2

Yes, I am a practicing Catholic. I do feel bad when, at Christmas and Easter, all those "twice a year" Catholics come out - but then I realize that it could be worse. It could very well be possible they don't come out at all. It's easy for someone, who attends Church every week, to go to Mass on Christmas, Easter, and Holy Days of Obligation. I often wonder just how much more difficult it is for people, who don't attend Mass regularly, to get out and go to Mass a few time per year. We can't imagine it, because we know what we'd be missing. I don't think these "twice a year" types can fully appreciate what it is they're missing. If they did, they'd be at Mass more than twice a year. I am proud to be Catholic, so it's all the more disappointing when I see people taking an "oh hum: attitude towards their vocation as lay Catholics. All we can really do about it is pray, and hope that they example we set will, someday, motivate them to start living the Catholic lifestyle all year round.

Answer 3

We have begun to grasp the idea of eternity and want to do what is right in the eyes of the Almighty. We can not live on the precepts of half - truths and twisted opinion. The Holy Ghost alone can tell us the truth, not the words of learned men.
How do we know that gravity is real if we don't have a full understanding of it? We have trust that the sun will rise tomorrow but, we make no guarantee. Only He, Who makes our hearts beat while we sleep, can guarantee the sun will rise. Does it really matter how the Virgin Mary appeared?

Answer 4

Well! Catholics Another Story!
Well almost all biblical Fact is backed up by history, it has helped to solve centuries of history!

I say Almost because history didn't record everything Jesus Said!

Then Deeper into Christianity, I'll Explain as simple and as short as possible.

I'll TRY to Explain!

It is hard to tell others God is real, when we absolute know! We Constantly have this feeling of reassurances. We don't have to fear. We Know god is real. Then I know the Holy Spirit is real and Many Christians have felt the Presence of the Holy Spirit as well!

I won't go into the Holy Spirit topic because Very confusing to anybody who hasn't heard of the Holy Spirit before and Very confusing to Atheist!

Answer 5

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 6

I am a christian. As far as the first part of your question- faith.
For the second part, most catholics don't even know that praying to Mary is wrong(images, etc). They are under the impression she is HOLY. She is not. She was a human. So she was a sinner(we are all sinners). I always tell people who defend their belief in Mary's divinity this: what did Jesus do on the third day after HE was crucified? HE raised HIMSELF from the grave. What did Mary do on the third after she died? Stayed dead.

Answer 7

the ten commandments doesnt mention anything about Mary or the saints. It says 'I am the Lord your God; You shall have no strange gods before me'

we dont worship the pictures

Answer 8

I know who wrote it. God did. He worked through the different men of the Bible to write it. He told them what to write. That's it. God said it and I believe. Blessed be the name of the Lord!!
And that's right. God doesn't want us to make images like that. We aren't suppose to worship the images, or really idols. When you pray before Mary, you are worshipping her, not the real one who died for us, and you are worshipping an idol. A non-living picture of the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the one you are suppose to worship, and not a picture of him. Get on your knees and talk to God, not wood, plastic, or whatever they make those of.

Catholics are NOT Christians.

Answer 9

Catholics ARE Christians.

The Ten Commandments bars worship of graven images for the sake of those images; it doesn't bar making representations as a means of aiding prayer and meditation. Christians no more worship the images/statues themselves than they believe those statues will come to life and dance the bossanova. It's whom those pictures and statues REPRESENT are what's worshipped.

EDIT: As Chelaina and Mike have so deftly illustrated, you will no doubt run into a minority of guttersnipes who insist on claiming the title of "Christian" for themselves, and themselves alone. Regardless of the fact that historically, their own denominations stem from Catholicism (and despite all their efforts to convince people that they somehow "coexisted" historically in some magic mountains somewhere during the past 2000 years). Catholics ARE Christians, by any commonly-held theological or historic definition of the term "Christian". Their arguments amount to little more than the tired bleatings of people trying to gain more legitimacy for themselves by way of nitpicking minutae in their own narrow interpretations of the Bible. Somehow, I doubt God is as petty as they are.

Answer 10

"how do christians know that everything in the bibke is real if u dont know the person who wrote it?"

I do know Him. Personally. You can too.

"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." - John 17:3

http://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/getting_past_the_guard.pdf