Comment by Arcus on March 1, 2011 at 12:15pm

Idol worshipping is so much easier than the worship of an abstract and invisible diety...

Comment by Horacio Martinez on March 1, 2011 at 2:39pm

The Virgin Mary and the Saints are on God's side.

The Golden Calf had nothing to do with God, that is why Moses was pissed off.

The Golden Calf IS a "FALSE idol" because it had nothing to do with God.

If they would have made an Idol of the Egyptian gods or any other gods, then Moses would have been just as pissed off.

The Virgin Mary and the Saints are not false idols because they are a part of God and Jesus Christ.

That is why Catholics don't see a problem with those statues, because they are not "false idols", because they represent those that are on God's side.

And it is not the statue that is being worshiped.

They are worshiping Mary and the Saints.

P.S. I Am an Atheist. I understand your problem with this, but there are more things in the Bible that will get a bigger WTF! out of people than this.

Comment by Arcus on March 1, 2011 at 3:11pm

This is almost like the history of corporations:

"It was long accepted that 'Worship no false idols" meant that no idols at all were to be worshipped. However, the marketing department, eying a large untapped market, though that the wording was weak. They therefore requested the legal department to review the contract, and the legal department agreed that, though common understanding extended to all idols, the text did indead specify that there were only to be no worshipping of false idols. The marketing department then contacted the design and production departments, which came up with a great many product ideas, some of which almost immediately entered production. These ended up becoming blockbuster hits and created a vast cash flow for the organization."

Comment by Dusty Greenwald on March 2, 2011 at 1:22am

Catholics are very different from christians.

Comment by Daria Black on March 2, 2011 at 4:53pm

@Arcus

 

That is awesome. I might have to copy and paste that onto my wall somewhere.

Comment by Reg The Fronkey Farmer on March 2, 2011 at 6:29pm

And the ones in catholic Ireland are even known to "move" or sometimes they are seen to "cry". If you hear one cursing and swearing and praising satan that's the one I left the hidden speakers under.

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