[William-Irwin]

the question of why catholics use idols and icons in worship when the scripture says not to must be answered by looking at your interpretation of the scriptures. in the book of exodus the israelites are instructed not to make any graven images, this is true. But why not? Because god hates statues? of course not. they are not to make any graven images for the purpose of worshiping the images. catholics do not worship the images but allow the images to point to the reality they represent. we do not worship the crusifix but allow it to focus our worship on the loving Christ who died on that cross for our salvation. we dont' worship the image of the virgin mary, or the person of mary for that matter, but we allow the image to remind us of the Wonderful 'yes' that mary gave to god when she was told she would be the mother of our lord and how we should give the same whole hearted 'yes' to our god that she gave. god cant be against statues simiply because they're statues. the arc of the covenant had two statues of angels on it's lid. how could the spirit of god dwell with something he considers blasphemous? not likely I'd say. now, I challenge you to look at your interpretation of jesus' instruction against vain repetition of prayer? why would he say that and does the rosary fit the description of vain repetition? I'll let you think on that more yourself

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Name : William-Irwin, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 26, City : Oklahoma City, State : OK Country : United States, Occupation : insurance adjuster, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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