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by eagle on Jun 05, 2007 02:38 AM Permalink
Atlast, There you go. That is what i was trying to tell you all the time those are catholic churches and you are so ignorant about christianity.
Hmm. When was the last time you went with a open clean heart to understand what anyother religion is about.
If you have read any book about leadership. You will know. THe difference between "masses" and the "leader".
You are the part of the mass. All you do is what your leaders tell you. You need to seek the truth yourself.
Bible never teaches to worship idols. Coz no one has seen the creator.
Brother, lets come to a peaceful conclusion. You need to know lot about christianity. dont need a deep study. Just the basics. Try to find on the internet about Sermon on the mount. That is what christians ought to be doing. If they are not doing it they they are not christians. but name sakes.
Phew, Alas, it too such a long time for you to ask this question.
But what ever you are reading read it with a positive a open mind. Dont try to bend things to your understanding. Read things as it is.
I am glad you raised that question. Finally something pertinent. My understanding is (and I am not the authority on this, but most have this understanding).....whenever an idol is worshipped in a state of drunken stupor....it is an idol, not a representation of God. If you are worshipping or revering an idol in a pious state that isn't called "idol worship", atleast not in the sense it was intended.
Back in the day (if the day existed), the Ten Commandments had a huge context associated with it. At the time, the people whom God had rescued from near slavery at the hands of the Pharoah, became wayward. They started fornicating & committing adultery. Also they started worshipping any object they found in a DRUNKEN STATE OF MIND. This (the drunken lewd behavior) is what was found most objectionable....and hence the edict...."Thou shalt not worship any idols".....As I said, there was a context to it, which most conveniently forget.
Bottomline, even in Christianity idol worship is OK so long as it really is a representation of God and you are pious about doing it. Make sense?
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by crazyforsense on Jun 05, 2007 03:26 AM Permalink
@sanjay "Then why Hindus are ridiculed as idol worshippers and not christians too?"
I personally don't ridicule any worshipper. Period. So I can't answer that. If it makes you feel better, most people I know don't ridicule Hindu worshippers either. Some uninformed obscure western missionary might....that too those not belonging to the main denominations.
Personally, if what you are worshipping is a representation of God, that is not "idol worship". Hopefully, most know this difference. "Idol Worship" is when you are worshipping the idol for what it is....meaning you are worshipping the idol literally....not the God(s) it actually represents to you.
All my sentences seem to be getting truncated incoherently.
