Why do Christians indulge in idol worship?

There are many christians who are caught up in religious tradition and can not get out due to their own pride! And then their are many who are taught the wrong thing so they are going on someone else's word. They are confused by things they read in the Bible and lean on someone else's opinion most of the time.

who on earth thinks that a picture of Mary or anyone can do ANYTHING -- it's just a picture. can you not comprehend the difference?

the whole worshiping of a statue thing still bugs me - not your saying it - but the fact people can't understand - it's not the statue it's just the person behind it. the love for the person would be there statue or not. i guess it's hard for people to understand & i can see why they think differently. i'm prone to horrible dreams, not just nightmares & they are very real. when i wake up (I live alone) & throw on the light & see my picture of Jesus, the cross with flowers on it (reminding me of the Resurrection) & yes another picutre with Mary holding the baby Jesus - i'm comforted & reminded I'm not alone. it's easy to say that in time i'd remember, but i need that smack back quickly. sometimes the tears or the fears are too much. anyway....

what throws me abut the muslems - the have the same type of respect for Mary so i always assumed they had a little more insight than i guess i gave them credit for.

No Rcc who knows anything about the Rcc has ever worshipped a statue (a in pagan idolatry). If we cherish the memory of political and war hero’s, what more noble a hero than one who died for God. Are they not worth honouring? Statues are simply a reminder a visual aid to the hero’s of God, the Christian faith. If they were not why in Rev 6:9-10 are they under the altar of God asking how long it will be before the will be avenged on earth? They are there, it tells us, watching and waiting. Scripture back up – 1 Per 2:17, Rom 12:10, Heb 12:22-23, Heb 11, 2 Cor 3:18

BTW, I have many pictures of family, friends, the Last Supper, Crucifix, Nativity scene etc in my home. They could all be destroyed tomorrow (& some were in my flood) it did not diminish my love for the person or my strength in my faith.

why did God give people artistic talents?

why do you have pictures in your home?

when you kneel in pray beside your bed - are you worshipping your mattress?

in Islam when you kneel on your prayer rug - are you worshipping the rug?

when you bow toward mecca are you worshipping the wall or tree or whatever you're bowing down near!?

when you are praying beside a loved one who is ill or dying - are you worshipping them?

guess what -- some people have a brain and can comprehend..... i recommend trying it,it's wonderful.

You don't know Christianity. You are right, the Bible condems idol worshipping, you are right, Catholics worship idols. You are wrong, if you think Catholics follow the Bible as their final authority. The evangelica Christians are the ones who DO NOT WORSHIP IDOLS. They regard the Bible as the final authority. Yes, Catholics are not obeying Jesus. But CHRISTIANS (evangelicals) DO obey Jesus. So, as you see, you should accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, since you do not have to worship idols, but only GOD as a Christian.

first of all, there are 2 sections of Christianity: Protestantism and Catholicism. you're in all hazard touching on Catholicism. i'm a Protestant, so i individually do no longer do the finished "hail Mary" element, yet i be attentive to that the "photos" or "Idols" you think of they have are basically monuments. The monument itself isn't a god. Your argument would additionally say Muslims worship the logo of Islam, or that Jews worship the action picture star of David, or that non-non secular people worship activities athletes via making statues of them, or that all of us is worshiping the lifeless whilst they make a tombstone and pray on the tombstone.

I have never bowed down, served or worshiped a carved wood or any other image. I take it a step further, I will never serve a false image of God in my head either as some do.

Jesus is the only way.

Christianity forbids idol worship. They do make statues, but they are not idols, and not worshipped as such. Icons, and pictures of Mary/Jesus are used as reminders of faith, but they are not to be prayed to, and they have no "magical" powers.

Catholics bow and pray to Mary/Jesus/Saints

Not Christians.

You are right though..it is Idolatry...but Christians don't do that..

And exactly which Christians are you referring to ?? Proof of this so called idol worship ??? By the way - our Savior does not have a last name of "pbuh"...................don;t know why people write that junk to defile the One Who died for their sins...............

Christains don't worship idols, they only worship God.

At least Christians do not bow down everyday to that stupid black meteorite rock in Mecca !