Why is it that so many people who claim to be true christians worship idols and images when Gods word (the Bible) is totally against it?

no person is perfect...i claim to be a christian but im still a little bastard, study up a bit you might get it.

Could it be that the real God is just to big, too great, too majestic, and holy for us to comprehend so, we create something we can actually deal with. A statue, a tree, candles, a crucifix, or an easter basket?

Those things are not so scary. We can deal with them

Art

thats awsome, i think your right.

Yes--here is a good one. We are not perfect, so lets just go ahead and do the exact opposite of what God says. There you go. You have to admit it is a great answer.

Art

Not purposely, but why stress over the wrong. I do what i like i repent when i want, and maybe one day i will follow "like said to do". Religion is open, you dont have to be a preacher to go to heaven.

According to Jesus only very few people will make it into heaven. This means that the vast majority of people who claim to be 'true Christians' are only kidding themselves.

Moreover, there was no such religion as 'Christianity" when Jesus was living. That religion only came to be after Jesus had died. Whether Jesus would condone anything that is written in the New Testament is anyone's guess. Jesus never saw the New Testament to give his opinion on how well it described what he was trying to teach.

I don’t think he every meant for the ‘religion’ to grow to the point that it has. He clearly stated that everything he foretold would come to pass within his current generation. So there’s no indication that he even believed that we would still be here 2000 years later.

i don'tthink true c hristians do worship idols or pictures we have pictures of jesus christ sure statues of mary for us catholics but not to worship i wonder whrre u getthis idea from?

So people just thinks it's ok to bypass what the scriptures say in Exodus 20:1-5 and Psalms 115:1-8 just because we think it's the right thing to do? The Bible is a manual that guides us the way God wants us to live our lives in order to be happy and true followers. Lets say for example that a loved one was stabbed to death, would you carry a chain with a replica of the knife that was used around your neck? I don't think so. Read the above scriptures and then think of what I'm trying to say. The Bible also condemns homosexuality and other things that people nowaday accept. But does that mean we are correct?

The main idea is to chose your belief system and live by it. Don’t concern yourself with how others live.

If you have chosen the Bible as your belief system then you should know that Jesus said that only very few people make it into heaven. So you can’t expect the masses to follow the ways that you believe. On the contrary, if you actually got the masses to agree with your interpretations you’d contradict the very doctrine you are trying to believe in.

Religion should be a personal thing between you and God. You shouldn’t worry about other people’s relationships with God. You should have faith that God is big enough to deal with other people on his own.

In other words, whatever works for you is right for you.

nothing says "oh god" like an enormous plastic Jesus
made in china!

My personal choice is a ceramic Buddah! But then I really don't expect anything of it, I just think it's a true depiction of man.

I don't care if it rains or freezes. Just as long as they don't steal my plastic Jesus. Can't remember who sang it.

ARTIST: Ernie Marrs
TITLE: Plastic Jesus

Had to look it up.

sounds like relativism to me. a nice way out of any accountability to having to follow any rules, and a lousy excuse to do what you want. no thanks.

I think you read that wrong.

It means to keep YOUR nose out of other people’s affairs.

It has nothing to do with your own accountability.

Your accountability is between you and God and no one else.

i dont see how i can read it wrong. you said "whatever works for you is right for you".

so if killing folks works for someone that's right for them? i doubt it.

i'm glad u further explained it though. i was just going off your first post.

Boy you have a perverted mind!

Actually Christians seemed to think this worked for them quite well during the inquisition, as well as when they burned witches at the stake in more modern times. They even burned up a few scientific minded gentleman along the way simply because their discoveries conflicted with religious dogma.

Of course, we all know they went straight to hell carrying their Bibles in hand right?

I was actually talking about people who are interested in spirituality. I seriously doubt that anyone seeks spirituality through killing (except perhaps the aforementioned Christians).

And, of course, those who are genuinely mentally ill,… well, what can we say about them? Obviously all men are not created equal in the image of God unless God is also mentally ill right?

The point being that all religions have their fallacies and lies. You believe what you want. I’ll believe what I want. And we’ll both deal with our own choices in the next life.

How’s that?

ok. sounds good.

I do what i like i repent when i want, and maybe one day i will follow "like said to do". Religion is open, you dont have to be a preacher to go to heaven.


This is exactly the problem. You have been taught that all you have to do is accept Jesus and then you are in no matter what you do. It is a lie. You have been tricked.

Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

1Jo 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

God never gave man the authority to determine what is right or wrong, and how we are to live. Not anything we think is acceptable to Him. Doing His will is what matters. That is what He is looking at not what we say, or profess.

art