Something new to bow down to and worship...Satan is really good at his job
Huh??????
No one will worship this.No more than any other historic artifact.
...Satan is really good at his job.
Appears he’s done reasonably well with you.
Geez. Who’s worshipping? A little sensitive there, are we? It’s is a fascinating artifact, just as evidence that proved the existence of David and Solomon was exciting. I suppose if it were proven not to be the burial shroud, those with VERY WEAK faith might falter, but evidence is pointing to LIGHT being the source of the image, so I doubt it will ever be proven a forgery — or the burial cloth of Christ. I suppose those with VERY WEAK faith need to draw closer to Christ, and not concern themselves with artifacts.
1. Actually, it’s quite old.
2. Nobody worships it.
3. Satan’s "job" is not to persuade 21st people to seriously consider the evidence of the death and Resurrection of a certain executed 1st century Galilean Jew.
Seriously. You must have worked so hard to develop this habit of misconstruing things so quickly and so comprehensively.
The Biblical Evidence for Relics & its Protestant Detractors
...The frequent Protestant objection and opposition to veneration of images or of relics (as in this case) is as silly as saying that a person raising their hands towards God in worship and praise during church is worshiping the ceiling. That person may not have an image of God in their mind, but they use the symbolism of "upwards" as being directed towards God (yet God is everywhere, so they could just as correctly stretch their arms downward or sideways).We are physical creatures; God became man, and so by the principle of the Incarnation and sacramentalism, the physical becomes involved in the spiritual. Icons and relics are both based on these presuppositions.
2 Kings 2:11-14: “And as they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it and he cried, ‘My father, my father! the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!’ And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces. 13 And he took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, ‘Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’ And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other; and Elisha went over.”
Acts 5:15-16: “. . . they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. 16 The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.”
Acts 19:11-12: “And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.” (cf. Mt 9:20-22)
Your comments are always a good reminder of what an ugly set of superstitions Protestantism is.
Yes, indeed, Satan does inspire people to spout nonsense, such as the above!
You really seem to hate the Church or is it that you cannot believe that Christ was really resurrected?
So what if this is His shroud? Even if it isn’t, no one is worshipping this. If it is true, awesome. If not, still pretty amazing.
Yeah, bowing down to an image of Jesus is what the devil wants /s. Rather bow to the image of him in your head?
No one worships it; never have, so please give up that tired old saw, ok? Sheesh.