ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IS IDOLATRY!TO WORSHIP JESUS AS GOD IS TO WORSHIP AN “ICON”!

A visit to almost any place of worship will reveal how many religious people have elevated creatures (humans or otherwise) above the Creator. How so? By their image and icon veneration and their worship rendered to Saints, Madonnas, Crosses, some with and images of Jesus. (See Psalm 115:2-8; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 1 John 5:21).


Can God, who “is spirit,” (John 4:24) and “invisible” (Colossians 1:15) be represented by a man made material image (or anything)? No. Regardless of how imposing an icon may be, it can never match the glory of God. So an manmade etc. image of God could never be a representation of him. (Romans 1:22, 23) Would a person be ‘worshiping in truth’ if he approached God through some man-made icon?



The Bible states of Jesus Christ at 2 Cor. 4:4:



“… that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image (Gk.“eikon”) of God, might not shine through.”






Colossians 1:15

He is the image (Gk.“eikon”) of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;



Icon n. (also ikon) 1 painting of Christ etc., esp. in the Eastern Church. 2 image or statue. 3 symbol on a VDU screen of a program, option, or window, esp. for selection. iconic adj. [Greek eikon image].”-Oxford Dictionary


“image —n. 1 representation of an object, e.g. a statue. 2 reputation or persona of a person, company, etc. 3 appearance as seen in a mirror or through a lens. 4 mental picture or idea. 5 simile or metaphor. —v. (-ging) 1 make an image of; portray. 2 reflect, mirror. 3 describe or imagine vividly. be the image of be or look exactly like. [Latin imago imagin-].”-Oxford Dictionary

LOL. A Muslim who's whole life's yearning is to go and pray to a rock in Mecca, criticizes Christianity?

The irony is amazing.

By the way. You even managed to get the Bible passages wrong. Go and look them up in their original Greek.

chakula:

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IS IDOLATRY!TO WORSHIP JESUS AS GOD IS TO WORSHIP AN “ICON”!

A visit to almost any place of worship will reveal how many religious people have elevated creatures (humans or otherwise) above the Creator. How so? By their image and icon veneration and their worship rendered to Saints, Madonnas, Crosses, some with and images of Jesus. (See Psalm 115:2-8; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 1 John 5:21).


Can God, who “is spirit,” (John 4:24) and “invisible” (Colossians 1:15) be represented by a man made material image (or anything)? No. Regardless of how imposing an icon may be, it can never match the glory of God. So an manmade etc. image of God could never be a representation of him. (Romans 1:22, 23) Would a person be ‘worshiping in truth’ if he approached God through some man-made icon?



The Bible states of Jesus Christ at 2 Cor. 4:4:



“… that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image (Gk.“eikon”) of God, might not shine through.”






Colossians 1:15

He is the image (Gk.“eikon”) of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;



Icon n. (also ikon) 1 painting of Christ etc., esp. in the Eastern Church. 2 image or statue. 3 symbol on a VDU screen of a program, option, or window, esp. for selection. iconic adj. [Greek eikon image].”-Oxford Dictionary


“image —n. 1 representation of an object, e.g. a statue. 2 reputation or persona of a person, company, etc. 3 appearance as seen in a mirror or through a lens. 4 mental picture or idea. 5 simile or metaphor. —v. (-ging) 1 make an image of; portray. 2 reflect, mirror. 3 describe or imagine vividly. be the image of be or look exactly like. [Latin imago imagin-].”-Oxford Dictionary

@poster, I'd suggest you shut it if you don't know anything about the Bible,ok! It's not by force to start a thread.

Look for something more creative and logical. You're a Catholic, I know you

Bastage:

LOL. A Muslim who's whole life's yearning is to go and pray to a rock in Mecca, criticizes Christianity?

The irony is amazing.

By the way. You even managed to get the Bible passages wrong. Go and look them up in their original Greek.

. . .The deluded goons spends a lot of his time bowing down and and praying while facing a rock called the Kaaba five times daily, yet he has the audacity to say that others are worshiping idols. Does the deluded goon know that Allah is nothing but an arabain idol god?

*shake my head* @ nigerians fighting over other people's gods. the arabian god versus the jewish god who's stronger? deluded goons indeed

^ it would be amusing if both mazaje or myself were committed Christians.

We are not.

The Bible says that the disciples did not believe Jesus was God.
The Acts of the Apostles in the Bible details the activity of the disciples
over a period of thirty years after Jesus, may God praise him, was raised to
heaven. Throughout this period, they never referred to Jesus as God. For
instance Peter stood up with the eleven disciples and addressed a crowd
saying:
Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited
by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did
among you through him, as you yourselves know.”
For Peter, Jesus was a servant of God (confirmed in Matthew 12:18):
Acts 3:13 “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers,
has glorified his servant Jesus.”
Acts 3:26 “God raised up his servant, ”
When faced by opposition from the authorities, Peter said:
Acts 5:29-30 “We must obey God rather than men! The God of our fathers
raised Jesus, ”
The disciples prayed to God just as they were commanded by Jesus in
Luke 11:2, and considered Jesus to be God’s servant,
Acts 4:24 “, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ‘Sovereign
Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything
in them.’”
Acts 4:27 “, your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.”
Acts 4:30 “…of Your holy servant Jesus.”
This is exactly what the Quran states of Jesus:
Quran 19: 30 “…I am indeed a servant of God.”

chakula:

The Bible says that the disciples did not believe Jesus was God.
The Acts of the Apostles in the Bible details the activity of the disciples
over a period of thirty years after Jesus, may God praise him, was raised to
heaven. Throughout this period, they never referred to Jesus as God. For
instance Peter stood up with the eleven disciples and addressed a crowd
saying:
Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited
by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did
among you through him, as you yourselves know.”
For Peter, Jesus was a servant of God (confirmed in Matthew 12:18):
Acts 3:13 “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers,
has glorified his servant Jesus.”
Acts 3:26 “God raised up his servant, ”
When faced by opposition from the authorities, Peter said:
Acts 5:29-30 “We must obey God rather than men! The God of our fathers
raised Jesus, ”
The disciples prayed to God just as they were commanded by Jesus in
Luke 11:2, and considered Jesus to be God’s servant,
Acts 4:24 “, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ‘Sovereign
Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything
in them.’”
Acts 4:27 “, your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.”
Acts 4:30 “…of Your holy servant Jesus.”
This is exactly what the Quran states of Jesus:
Quran 19: 30 “…I am indeed a servant of God.”

jazakhAllahu khairan