And an image of people bowing to a statue of Mary.
Posted on 08/01/2014 3:03:42 PM PDT by ebb tide
You can call it what you want.
Bowing down is bowing down and the second commandment forbids bowing down to images.
No one is against respecting and honoring her, but we are against elevating her above and beyond what is written, being a respecter of persons, and praying to her for ANYTHING, which we are never commanded to do.
Now THERE is a broad brush.
Can you point to ONE non-Catholic, besides the obvious one, who gives Osteen ANY credibility?
Cause it certainly isn’t Gamecock.
I will; as soon as you name one Catholic who worships Mary as an idol.
Do you pray the Hail Mary?
though?
Osteen?
Bwahaaa! The man is a motivation speaker imitating a preacher.
I assure you I have not given the man one cent. Suggest you do the keyword search YBPDLN. You will see exactly how many FR folks support his work.
I didn’t say anything about worshiping. All Catholics deny worshiping Mary. Accusing a Catholic of worshiping Mary is an exercise in futility and is unprovable as no one can mind read.
However, that wasn’t my point. The point is bowing down, and lots of Catholics bow down.
Bowing down is breaking the second commandment. God says not to bow down to images.
So, if you immediately equate bowing down with worshiping as a default reaction, then it really does reinforce our point, that it IS worship and that by bowing down, Catholics, along with everyone else, recognize that bowing down IS worshiping.
I asked first.
After you......
Because otherwise, it is just deflection to get it off topic and avoid answering the question asked of you.
So who is bowing down? And who are they bowing towards?
It sounds like you’re making things up.
I bow my head whenever I say or hear Jesus’s name; and that’s it.
“throw”
Thanks for the correction.
No, mam.
It was Gamecock who began with the broad accusation that Cathollics idolize Mary.
Let him name names.
Susan O’Bryan.
I don’t subscribe to Facebook.
Got anyone else?
And an image of people bowing to a statue of Mary.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/idolize
1. To regard with blind admiration or devotion. See Synonyms at revere.
2. To worship as an idol.
Thesaurus
Verb 1. idolize - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; “Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”
hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship
adore - love intensely; “he just adored his wife”
idolize
verb worship, love, adore, admire, revere, glorify, exalt, look up to, venerate, hero-worship, deify, bow down before, dote upon, apotheosize, worship to excess Naomi idolized her father as she was growing up.
Stop by aby Roman Catholic house of worship. Go inside. The place is full of them.
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