Catholics Don't Worship Saints

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ahhhh....way relihiyon nga sakto oe!....mamahuway tah!

[dartzed]

d oi idol worshiper jud nang RC..hehehe

[handsoff241]

nag idol worshiper kanang naa permi sa american idol magdala ug banner mao nay idol worshipper

[Maikeru]

Question: "What is the definition of idolatry?"

Answer: The definition of idolatry, according to Webster, is “the worship of idols or excessive devotion to, or reverence for some person or thing.” An idol is anything that replaces the one, true God. The most prevalent form of idolatry in Bible times was the worship of images that were thought to embody the various pagan deities.

From the beginning, God’s covenant with Israel was based on exclusive worship of Him alone (Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7). The Israelites were not even to mention the names of false gods (Exodus 23:13) because to do so would acknowledge their existence and give credence to their power and influence over the people. Israel was forbidden to intermarry with other cultures because who embraced false gods, because God knew this would lead to compromise. The book of Hosea uses the imagery of adultery to describe Israel’s continual chasing after other gods, like an unfaithful wife chases after other men. The history of Israel is a sad chronicle of idol worship, punishment, restoration and forgiveness, followed by a return to idolatry. The books of 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles reveal this destructive pattern. The Old Testament prophets endlessly prophesied dire consequences for Israel if they continued in their idolatry. Mostly, they were ignored until it was too late and God’s wrath against idol-worship was poured out on the nation. But ours is a merciful God, and He never failed to forgive and restore them when they repented and sought His forgiveness.

In reality, idols are impotent blocks of stone or wood, and their power exists only in the minds of the worshipers. The idol of the god Dagon was twice knocked to the floor by God to show the Philistines just who was God and who wasn’t (1 Samuel 1:1-5). The “contest” between God and His prophet Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel is a dramatic example of the power of the true God and the impotence of false gods (1 Kings 18:19-40). The testimony of Scripture is that God alone is worthy of worship. Idol worship robs God of the glory that is rightfully His, and that is something He will not tolerate (Isaiah 42:8).

Even today there are religions that bow before statues and icons, a practice forbidden by God’s Word. The significance God places upon it is reflected in the fact that the first of the Ten Commandments refers to idolatry: “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me” (Exodus 20:3-5).

Idolatry extends beyond the worship of idols and images and false gods. Our modern idols are many and varied. Even for those who do not bow physically before a statue, idolatry is a matter of the heart—pride, self-centeredness, greed, gluttony, a love for possessions and ultimately rebellion against God. Is it any wonder that God hates it?

http://www.gotquestions.org/idolatry-definition.html

Hmmmp.. Hope you know idolatry is not limited to statues and all. For example, we may not be conscious about it but we might be giving excessive devotion or reverence to money, your love ones (family, friend, lovers and etc) your future, your education, your land and anything under the sun, even yourself, now isn't that idolatry? How many times we choice our interest over God? How many times you chose those people/things/activities you hold dear over God? Now I wonder why only RC are accused of idolatry when almost everyone regardless of religion do worship earthly things more than God.

[Maikeru]

There's something I noticed when RC explains about this idolatry issues. ---> it never gets heard by the one who questions it.

Q: Why are you worshipping statues? That's Idolatry
RC: No, we don't worship it.
Q: Idolatry.
RC: I said we are not worhipping it.
Q: Idolatry
RC: WE ARE NOT WORSHIPPING IT.
Q: IDOLATRY!

[SioDenz]

@necrotic freak: Thus it is very important that we continually study our Catholic faith.

Good point about kissing the pictures of our loved ones as a gesture of our affection and longing for the object of our love who is actually the person and not the picture itself.

Affection nang ipahid an panyo sa tiil sa rebolto nya ipahid sa lawas? nganu di man ninyu isakay ug karo nya isuroy suroy inyu loved ones if longing pa nah?

[SioDenz]

i just don't get other people, we are praying to the same GOD and using the similar bible... and yet they want to destroy other people's religion.

Do you think abi kay same Bible, puro na sila tanan nagsunod sa Ginoo?

[SioDenz]

sory to hear that bro... i think you should find another forum for your quest to spread the truth... cause most of us here are battle hardened veterans of this kinds of attacks...

Char! hehehe.. but its true...

[SioDenz]

todos los santos

ato lang gud pasalamatan ang mga santos tungod sa ilang pagsilbi ug pabuhat ug mga maayo para sa kada-ugan sa Gino-o

depende bro if unsa imu religion.hehe

[necrotic freak]

ayaw na mo paghanga ni Manny Pacqiuao kay IDOLATRY na! matud pa sa relihiyon ni James.