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First of all, one might also loosely define tradition as the authoritative and authentic Christian history of theological doctrines and devotional practices. Christianity, like Judaism before it, is fundamentally grounded in history: in the earth-shattering historical events in the life of Jesus...

That's weird.

I hope you take some time to study some wholesome theology. God is a God of mercy and justice, not a vengeful Norse god firing lightening bolts of misery on people. And you are wrong about Miriam. ON THE CHRISTIAN MEANING OF HUMAN SUFFERING

Manichaeism - a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhistethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000. St. Augustine was a...

Death for the human race was never God's plan. He does not not dole out cancer to children.

This is long overdue: Job has been admitted to the ICU (Ignore Care Unit)

I see you are brainwashed into believing LIES. We are not dumb as to think images can pray or hear so your comment is INSULTING. You like to irritate Catholics with STUPID remarks such as this one. It doesn't matter how many times it's explained, a devotional aid is not an item of worship...

Do we have to over the same scriptures 50 times? We don't need images. They may be used in processions but not in worship. That's a straw man fallacy. "Worship" in Catholic terminology, means celebrating the Eucharist that you deny anyway. Statues are helpful devotional aids and nothing more...

More hate propaganda and misinformation from the Christian Taliban.

I'm quite aware of the hateful lies and false histories from bigoted anti-Catholics that cannot withstand scholarly scrutiny. The gates of hell assailed, but did not prevail. Did Jesus lie when He made that promise?

I said the human family is an analogy to the eternal economy of the Trinity. An analogy does not not require proof text. Parents make babies which is analogous to the Trinity, not an exact duplicate. Adam and Eve had no children until after the Fall in Genesis 3 so your proof texts are...

Including children. The family is more analogous to the Trinity than couples. Scripture doe not support a binity. Individuals are made in the image of God, but so is the family itself. The human family is the closest analogy that mankind will ever come to concretely understanding the Blessed...

No, He did not. God commanded the use of various statuary in the Temple, and commanded Moses to make a bronze serpent. God said not to make false gods and worship them, He didn't forbid the making of images per se. You still cannot make the distinction between proper use of statuary and...

WHAT ARE THE ROMAN CATACOMBS? The catacombs are underground tunnels that were forged out of soft rock. They are long, marrow winding corridors. The dead were buried in the walls on either side. From time to time, going through these corridors, one comes to a wider space like a room. In these...

Misrepresentation is your idol, and history is your enemy. The earliest known image of the Virgin Mary independent of the Magi episode, is a fresco dated about 150 CE in the Catacomb of Priscilla on the Via Salaria in Rome that shows her nursing the infant Jesus on her lap. Of course, you...

TRANSLATION: I don't like the Scriptural definition of an idol because it doesn't line up with my inventions. My Romans 1:23 argument was refuted by straight Scripture, with no interpretations, but I'll claim "Catholic interpretation" because it looks impressive. Did I say something about the...

Making God into a corruptable image, and worshiping it as a god. No statue that I know of is made to be God or are they worshiped as God. Your iconoclastic psychosis is reading into the passage what isn't there. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of...

It's typical anti-Catholic methodology: jump from one inflammatory lie to another.

No, and I have no evidence of any Catholic approaching any statue or painting approaching God on their behalf. Your premise is absurd. Where? Hollywood movies? Even if what you say is true, they are "talking" to the person represented, not the object. But that is too abstract for your...

Thanks for providing the link, I forgot to post it. Do you have a rebuttal for the material in the link? There is more in it than what I posted. The Christian Taliban doesn't like it.