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Reply to "Baptist Church Votes to Remove Statue of Jesus Because It Looks Too 'Catholic'"

Kraven posted:
gbrk posted:

I believe that G-d wants us to concentrate on ourselves and our relationship with Him rather than trying to govern each and everyone else's lives.

But what about the commandment about graven images.?

Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

What I think of when reading this is going back to what G-d wants for each one of us.  The Law (Ten Commandments and all the laws that spring from them) were given unto the people, through Moses, and for guiding and ruling of the people.   G-d's laws also extend down through history in the Scriptures recorded for us and applicable to us today just as then.   Salvation though is through faith and a faithful person will seek to honor and follow what G-d desires of us and what He requires of those who follow Him.  Again though this is something I believe each person is responsible, to G-d, for themselves and not for everyone else.   

I will answer for myself as you will for yourself and I'm not saying we should ignore each other but rather support each other and under the rules/advice Paul gives in Romans 14 conduct ourselves in love rather than judgment.  While there are things that are dogmatic there are many things that are debatable and fall more in the area of doctrine rather than dogma. 

I don't know though if you are mentioning this command with respect to the statue that is being removed.  As for the decision to remove the image of Christ that was given to the Church I can see where one might make the argument that this would be in violation of that specific command that you cited but that's not the reason that the Church decided to remove it, or at least wasn't the justification I read for removing it.  

I think that the Church, though, does have it's right to remove it if the majority of the Church members believe it needs to go.  I just hope it isn't a decision that is brought about by a minority of people who just don't like it and are poisoning other's opinions and feelings on the image/statue.  Either way the reason for deciding to remove it doesn't make sense, at least not to me. 


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