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Because that's the way God set it up.

This is hilarious! Thanks! I like the dramatic music. So foreboding! I think I'll show it to my bible study group tomorrow.

OK, I'll bite. Not Catholic (17 rites, the largest of which is the Latin Rite), not Orthodox (national churhes that trace back to the split beginning in 1054), not Protestant (an amorphous term for the thousands of splinter groups that trace back to the split of 1517); what exactly are you...

Mary to "Full of Grace" Simon to Peter

Counter question: Why do Protestants ignore the commandments about marriage? In other words why do you allow divorce and remarriage? Why do many of your denoms allow killing children before they are born? A clear violation of the commandment against murder. Why do (most of) you allow...

So interesting. You actually believe what you are saying? Astounding! Someone should do a case study.

Wow! You convinced me! The crosses on Pope Francis' pallium are really smashed down pyramids. I was worshiping pyramids and I didn't even know it!? Huh! (so insulting!) But seriously, actually the design on the Pope's pallium is called the "cruz patee". The stylized cross has a long...

Nice.

Not angry. Frustrated at your refusal to see the distinction between bowing and worshiping. And I know you are unreachable, but there may be someone reading who might not be. New topic! OK. One of the oldest "disputes" around. The question of numbering the commandments. If you want to...

I hope you never drop something valuable in front of anything. God might strike you down if you bow down to pick it up.

As I've said elsewhere, praying is not (necessarily) worship. Catholics make a distinction. In fact there are four types of prayer. From lowest to highest: Petition, Contrition, Thanksgiving, Adoration/Praise/Worship. The only prayer suitable for Mary and the other saints is the first. We...

I agree with it 100%. I never make idols. I never carve images with the purpose of worshiping them. I have never set up an engraved stone in my land and I haven't bowed down to it. The commandment forbids idolatry. Worshiping anything other than God. In order for you to accuse someone of...

Why does it make me uncomfortable for someone to accuse me of thinking a piece of plaster is going to do something if I bow down in front of it? Not uncomfortable. Insulted. I know what I'm doing when I pray to Mary and use a statue as a reminder of who it is that I'm addressing. Praying to...

It does not have the appearance of evil to me. Now what?

Not "exposed". Open. Televised. On display. In almost every image of Our Lady she is presenting to us, pointing to, deferring to--Jesus. I'm Catholic. It is so insulting that you think I'm that stupid. The reason you think veneration is worship is because you don't know what worship is.

Thank God you found Jesus! So many Catholics are jumping through all the hoops that God designed to build a big beautiful bold zealous faith in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Mary, Who gave is life once for all, who instituted the Sacraments to communicate His grace to everyone in every...

I've been wading through this thread and I must say most of the interaction here has not been helpful. I'm far from perfect myself, and I do enjoy some of the smackdowns, but may I suggest we tone it down a little? Especially from the Catholic side. The OP has given us an opportunity to...

Really?

You: That is a real person I am interacting with on Skype. Catholic: That is a real person I am interacting with in my prayers. You: I'm not interacting with the picture; it really is a live person. Catholic: I'm not interacting with a picture; it really is a live person. You: Quite different...

It's time for a little clarity. The following long entry is taken from a new book by Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at Boston College and one of the most respected Christian authors of our time. Many, many best-selling books. This essay alone is worth the price of the book, imo...