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Originally Posted by prisonchaplain
You might be surprised to know that Jehovah's Witnesses agree with you on this one. Although, they'd level the same accusations against you for the plethora of Jesus statures and pictures, as well as "idols" of the angel Moroni. You might want to think twice before going down this particular road...especially since it's one that, to my knowledge, is not traveled by church leaders.
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Chaplain,
As I stated.. this was the Gospel according to me. I don't know what the church leaders say about it. This is my opinion.
Being raised Catholic.. I do have some issues with it. I kinda know it first hand and practiced it for years. We were encouraged to put a cross with Jesus hanging on it above every bed. To put him in our cars on the dash. To make the sign of the cross anytime we saw something that bothered us. We use to go into the church and kneel before the giant statue of Christ being crucified on the cross.. and pray to it. As a matter of fact, the rest of my family is still Catholic. So I do understand. I don't do that anymore.
In the book of revelation, the Apostle John said (Rev. 14:6) "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth" That angel was Moroni, and his place on the top of the temple is significant because of his participation in the restoration of the gospel to the earth in these latter days.
We don't stand outside of the temples and worship him or pray to him or kneel to him. I think the worst thing we do is probably take a picture of him way up there.
Neither pictures of Jesus nor Jesus statures are found inside the chapels where we do worship. So if they level the same accusations.. it would not quite be the same.
