Have some image or representation of a person or object to aid them in worship?
2007-09-20 01:40:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Common Sense. Great point! Your brain must have kicked in between hairballs. The question then becomes: Maybe all the above?
2007-09-20 02:04:17 · update #1
__saves: are you avoiding something here? If not, then why not just avoid this series of questions?
2007-09-20 02:05:44 · update #2
Adviso: There is a huge difference between pictures of your family and images of worship.
2007-09-20 02:07:51 · update #3
St catch: mere semantics
2007-09-20 02:47:03 · update #4
Mental, physical or spiritual?
Yaks(pbuh)
2007-09-20 01:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd suggest it would be countless millions of people (all of the Catholics) all around the world.
I'll give you a classic example of an image that is highly revered and is used as an aid to worship in as much as a devotion. The example is the miraculous image (found in the homes of nearly 100% of the Mexican population) of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In addition, Catholics usually have pictorial depictions or statues of the Blessed Mother, the Archangels and saints in their homes. What bettter way to glorify God than by loving and honoring His Blessed Mother, His angels and His saints?
As for idolatry - how many people proudly display pictures of their beloved relatives and ancestors in their homes? Does this display equate to worshipping those relatives and ancestors? Answer: Of course not! Just as the presence of those pictures and statues doesn't equate to worship of the Blessed Mother, angels and saints by Catholics.
I hope this helps. :)
2007-09-20 09:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by Adviso 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Worship nothing but the Lord God, I have all the aid I need in Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
2007-09-20 08:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by the truth has set me free 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am an Evangelical Christian. In the Bible, God says he comes in the whirlwind. A whirlwind is a tornado. So, I went to see a tornado, in person, and got pictures of it. I have a picture of the tornado above my small altar, where I light candles and burn incense.
I felt, at the time as I do now, that God sent that tornado so I could get pictures of it...it was a bond. Nobody was injured and there was no damage. It was basically a photo opp.
2007-09-20 08:50:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would hope none would bow in idolatry. Most churches have a cross as a reminder and thats all it should take .Some have Christ on it others just a cross.
2007-09-20 08:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
7. Does it matter how many. You ask the same question several times. Everyone sins. Even Christians. But we are forgiven. Does not give us a permit to sin but if we fall we have Jesus to catch us. What ya got? By the way some christians drink, look at porn, steal, lie, speed, go to walmart...etc.
2007-09-20 08:46:12 · answer #6 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would assume most. When I bow before a statue or icon, I know that I am not "worshiping" that statute or icon but worshiping through it.
2007-09-20 08:45:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Wouldn't that be idolatry?
2007-09-20 08:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by Jaye16 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No nothing all for me.
2007-09-20 08:47:27 · answer #9 · answered by budleit2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋