On Images: Idolatry?

The Ark of the Covenant

It is so clear that no images are necessary for the worship of God because God is omnipresent. People can worship him without the use of images, including those in the ark. [Soliman]

If the Ark was NOT NECESSARY for the worship of God.

Then why God COMMANDED to make an Ark???

Where can we read that the words spoken (commanded) by God was NO USE or NOT NECESSARY??

ehehehehe!!


And where can you read that Jesus abolished the ark in the temple during this time up to this present??? [my question... quoted from his blog]

His answer was...

The question goes back to you, do you have the ark in your possession? If not, that very much answers your question. [Soliman]

See? He asked another question just to prove that his answering the question...or just to prove that Jesus was abolishing the Ark..



The way he answered it shows also that Jesus did not abolish the Ark in the temple.

Does the act of Joshua of bowing before the image in the Ark of Covenant really similar to Roman Catholics bowing before their images of Christ, Mary, and the saints? Not in a million years. Only the careless and gullible would believe that. [Soliman]


Ano tawag mo dun??? not similar?? ehehehehe!

Can you cite a verse that Roman Catholics bowing before an image of a saint is NOT SIMILAR to what Joshua did?? Chapter and verse please... ehehehehe!!

Unlike the ark, the images used in Roman Catholic "veneration" represent saints (so they say, but in reality it is idolatry). The distinction between the ark and the Roman Catholic images are miles apart. [Soliman]

Huli ka!. ehehehehe! images of the saints are only REPRESENTATIONS...the words were coming from you kuya... ehehehe! It proves that images of a saint represent the person and it represent to someone who lived a virtuous and holy life ...and Catholics ask for their intercessions not to the IMAGE ITSELF but to the person it represents...

The Ark of God was a REPRESENTATION of God's presence... the Ark was NOT GOD per se... if they (Joshua & Israelites) worship the Ark itself then they committed IDOLATRY....

Remember the story of Baal the pagan god?? ehehehe! I know you read a lot so no need to post what chapter and verse...

The followers of Baal WORSHIP the IMAGE ITSELF and according to St.Paul:

1 Corinthians 8:4(NIV)

⁴ So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”

Why Paul said that an idol is NOTHING at all in the world its because it REPRESENTS NOTHING...was BAAL REALLY EXISTS???...

How about the saints??? Were they exist??? YES!.

What the Church teaches about veneration of the saints???

Let us read the official document of the Church the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

2132 The Christian veneration of images is not contrary to the first commandment which proscribes idols. Indeed, "the honor rendered to an image passes to its prototype," and "whoever venerates an image venerates the person portrayed in it."⁷⁰ The honor paid to sacred images is a "respectful veneration," not the adoration due to God alone: (CCC #2132)