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The photo I posted in support of my contentions weren't necessarily an illustration of the actual statue itself being the idol... It represents Mary, I get that. Thing is this. Not only is Mary dead, and cannot hear anyone's prayers let alone pass them on to anyone, having Mary as an intercessor...

Do you still think a relationship with Jesus is inferior to being a member of your church, such as Pope Francis believes?

An example of what I'm talking about... The replacement of Christ... Antichrist. Yet churches were established throughout many regions before the 4th century, and they had scriptures. They didn't need Rome to "declare" anything. They didn't have a relationship with Rome, they knew Jesus. Do you?

Why is that untrue? KJV Acts 1:11 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven . The disciples who heard that had been expecting Jesus to take...

I agree with your theological description of idolatry... Anything that replaces God in the minds and hearts of people is idolatry. God comes first, always. However, we need a Mediator in order to relate to God. God provided one. His Son. What Catholics have done is effectively say, we don't...

Illuminator posted the top picture as an answer to the question he himself posed, do Catholics worship statues? I asked you "What's going on in front of those statues? " I fail to see anything cryptic about that question.

Of course you don't. Your eyes are wide shut.

Yes, looking so intently into the future, they happily attend church fetes, and pot-lucks with the real one whose schools their children attend and whose charities they donate to.

I would be upset of God chose to let those into heaven who chose not to be there and counted the grace of God an unholy thing, but I would hazard a guess they wouldn't be a part of the OSAS crowd huh.

The law of the Spirit of life that is in Christ Jesus... KJV Romans 8:4 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit . Which laws did Christ obey that we in His strength will also obey being filled with His Spirit?

Absolutely true. Such a pity that you can't see that.

My point was concerning Sunday sacredness. A day formerly dedicated to the sun god, and borrowed by the church without any biblical l mandate for doing so. It was the Catholic Church council at Laodicea that formerly ratified and established that day as sacred to Christianity... Changing the 4th...

That would be nice.

Indeed. I agree with you. Christ gave His church authority, and the gifts of the Spirit. But not yours. Your church began well. It was apostolic. In the first century. But after Constantine made Christianity the state religion, and mixed his pagan beliefs with Christian beliefs, the church...

Exactly... Thank you. And you recognize it as a symbol, which I agree with. A public symbolic act of a previously established voluntary decision on the part of the Christian to sacrifice self through Christ... To account himself as dead with Christ on the cross, and reckon himself raised with...

It is the true meaning of Antichrist that had divided the Church, that is the original body of true believers, from Christ. It was your church that replaced Christ with vicarious filli dei. It was your church which replaced the intercession of Christ with that of Mary, and dead guys. It was...

While you ignore what is actually going on in front of them.

Adventism, that is hope in the seconds coming, began as aNT concept 40 days after the resurrection on the mount of olives... See Acts 1:11. Seventh Day Adventism began at the same time as all those disciples who witnessed that event were Sabbath keepers. So. 33AD... PALESTINE.