I have been in numerous protestant establishments in my 40 years and in every one, I see what looks like a bunch of people worshiping the Bible.
People place their hand on the Bible and swear oaths to it, they sit it on their lap and pray to it. They open it up and pray to it. They jump up and down and sing praises to it.
Why anyone would worship a book is beyond me but it seems to be the foundation of the protestant religion.
Of course, this is not what is really going on. The truth is that probably no one actually worships the Bible itself.
But it sure does look like it. In fact, if I hadn't grown up protestant, I would be convinced that protestantism is all about the worship of the Bible itself.
And so looks can be deceiving.
Likewise, many protestants think that Catholics worship idols and statues and other pieces of art. (The Bible is a piece of art itself, btw)
Just like protestant Bible worship, there is no such thing as Catholic idol worship.
Despite the appearance that protestants worship the bible, Catholic Christians do not go around saying that protestants worship the Bible. We don't do this because it is not true and the bible commands us not to bear false witness against your neighbor and we have kept that commandment.
If you are a protestant please do likewise and show us the same respect we have shown you and stop doing evil by telling lies about us.
Thank You.
People place their hand on the Bible and swear oaths to it, they sit it on their lap and pray to it. They open it up and pray to it. They jump up and down and sing praises to it.
Why anyone would worship a book is beyond me but it seems to be the foundation of the protestant religion.
Of course, this is not what is really going on. The truth is that probably no one actually worships the Bible itself.
But it sure does look like it. In fact, if I hadn't grown up protestant, I would be convinced that protestantism is all about the worship of the Bible itself.
And so looks can be deceiving.
Likewise, many protestants think that Catholics worship idols and statues and other pieces of art. (The Bible is a piece of art itself, btw)
Just like protestant Bible worship, there is no such thing as Catholic idol worship.
Despite the appearance that protestants worship the bible, Catholic Christians do not go around saying that protestants worship the Bible. We don't do this because it is not true and the bible commands us not to bear false witness against your neighbor and we have kept that commandment.
If you are a protestant please do likewise and show us the same respect we have shown you and stop doing evil by telling lies about us.
Thank You.
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