(May 14, 2010 at 3:22 pm)Watson Wrote: They pay homage to them; that does not mean that they worship them as Gods. Praying and worshipping are not the same thing. "Thou shalt have no other gods but me" applies here, because as long as you aren't worshipping the image as a god, it isn't graven.
And this is NOT what the commandment says. It simply states that you are not to MAKE a graven image. Aren't statues of Jesus, Mary and saints "graven images"? And if you want to argue that people are only praying to "Jesus" or "Mary" and not "worshipping" them... well, good luck with that. Because I've seen people worshipping Jesus by praying to a statue of him. Sounds like you want to use semantics to argue your way out of this one.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
