![]() ![]() Like so many other contentious topics in the bible it is all about the heart of the person who is reading it. I have never had the compulsion to bow down and worship them though! This is not talking about art I have been in art galleries in both Scotland and England and have had a decent appreciation for both the sculptures, pottery, statues, canvas artwork and all other artifacts. This is summed up beautifully in Exodus chapter 32, when Moses comes of the mountain and his people are worshipping a golden calf! While he was up on the mountain the children of Israel coerced Aaron into agreeing to melt all the jewelry and make an idol. God is monotheistic (means we have to be worshipping him and him alone) and jealous, we were created to worship him, to do so is to fulfil our purpose here on earth. We are not to create anything to worship. We looked at the idea of idols in the last article, in this command God makes it plain what he means as far as idols are concerned. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. God continues with commandment two of the ten in verse four:Įxodus 20:4 (ESV) “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. We pick up the account in the fourth verse of chapter twenty where we see the second of the Ten Commandments. The first tablet contains the instructions for man’s relationship with God. Moses receives these words from God on top of the mountain and he receives the commands on two tablets. Imam Mustafa Umar, Director of Education at the Islamic Institute of Orange County - an accredited school M.A.This is a series on the “Decalogue” or “Ten Commandments” these are found in the second book of the bible Exodus in chapter 20. How does your religious practice view icons, idols and symbols? Guest:ĭavid Albertson, Assistant Professor of Religion, USC’s Dornsife College In the east, Hindu deities are incredibly colorful and dramatic figures symbolizing their powers and natural elements. Catholics embrace and celebrate icons of Jesus, Mary, the saints and apostles. Other Christian denominations have significantly different views of religious idols. Its founding theologian John Calvin believed God's transcendence not only rendered God unknowable, it also made God beyond human comprehension, therefore visual depictions could be nothing but a distortion. Similarly, Protestantism views icons negatively. In the Ten Commandments it's stated "Thou shalt not make any graven image,” and that aniconism is a tenet of Judaism, as well. And Muslims are not alone in this regard. While Islam does not explicitly prohibit images of Muhammad, Islamic tradition forbids worship of images of God and the prophets of God. In the immediate aftermath of the Paris massacre, some people asked news organizations to show respect for religion by refraining from publishing "Charlie Hebdo" cartoons lampooning religious figures. ![]()
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