2007-09-28 07:09:18 · 3 answers · asked by carl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Isn't it true that you mix up honor and adoration just as you say Catholics do?
2007-09-28 07:16:22 · update #1
Or do you seriously think that ordinary Catholics cannot see the difference , just as you do?
2007-09-28 07:18:12 · update #2
Matthew: After His ressurection Jesus gave the power to forgive sins to His apostles it's in John 20:22-24 and Catholics don't worship the Saints we honor them.
2007-09-28 07:27:49 · update #3
Good question. Catholics do not hold a monopoly on idol worshiping. Protestants do it too whenever they stand and perform the pledge of allegiance to a piece of cloth.
2007-09-28 07:14:20 · answer #1 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
As a former protestant, now nonconformist I did and still do believe Catholics are idolaters. (Don't get me wrong, I am not an atheist. I'm not that ignorant.) Saluting the flag and saying the pledge of allegiance is an act of loyalty to a country not worship of a piece of cloth. I do not believe some dead person whether good or not deserves to be worshipped as a diety. No do they have the authority to forgive sins. Nor do I believe that a man (priest) should have the authority or power to do so either. That authority is God's and his alone.
2007-09-28 07:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saluting a symbol of a country or pledging loyalty to one is not an act of worship. It could not possibly be misconstrued as idolatry. Maybe, if the nation were a theocracy, it might be a grey area.
2007-09-28 07:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋