I may have said mean things on here. Have yet to call anyone a racist though. Stalwart said I said that Jews are inferior, when I never said that....
It feels like you’re just replying to win at every single little point lmao… Yes most Jews are atheist for what is supposed to be a religious...
You can’t just pull this “back on topic” after accusing me of saying Jews are inferior when that was never my intention. It is not christ like to...
Because I Intend to get back to this topic later, I’ve actually found a book now that talks about early Christianity and image veneration....
lol that’s like saying Americans are religious because the printed money says in god we trust . “Of Israeli Jews over age 20 in 2020, 43%...
Yes this is a different type of idolatry. As I said several times in this thread, ancient people’s believed that statues could constrain divinity....
Not really. You are the one who seems to think Jews easily keep the faith less idolatrous for some reason. I obviously do not believe the...
What did I say that was antisemitic? You came back with a “possibly” the church in Jerusalem and Syria being Jewish, and that is supposed to...
Modern day Jews are basically atheists aside from Orthodox Jews, and Orthodox Judaism looks nothing like second temple Judaism… I honestly have no...
I will read more in depth about this and answer to you afterwards. I’m having a hard time finding a book that deals with icons in early...
It couldn’t have occurred because I don’t see proof for it. I can pinpoint to the start of the Protestant reformation, and who started it, and who...
It would apply if they said icons but they didn’t. Probably because icons as we know it with all their regulations didn’t exist. You won’t find...
I mean show me one quote that doesn’t talk about pagan art? The early church had some fathers that were iconoclasts because the pagans with images...
Well I’ve seen people here saying kissing icons is also wrong. First time I see this view. There’s no difference in my world. Might as well stop...
Uh I would, except those quotes all talk about worshipping images not venerating them lol…
They do bow to the Ark which contains the Torah scrolls, and points in direction of Jerusalem. Repeating that they don’t bow to those things...
I posted this somewhere else on here : “ The two ends of the atarah of the tallit are kissed just before putting on the prayer shawl. • The...
Well, good thing nicea II did not condone sacrificing to images. In all seriousness, I think people forget who the Israelites were. There’s...
Mary owes all she has to the grace of God. Many theologians also say she has the greatest debt to God, because of her immaculate conception. No...
Where did God say this? Jews have been venerating the Torah scrolls and their religious garb and items since ancient israel