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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I can't understand why any religion would place more importance on something inanimate like a building than on the lives and souls of the people within it.
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Thats the brain washing thing again, we have this big important building so you need to give us lots of money to pay for it. If like you did, they rented a room at a Town Hall or Community centre each week then the Church would not have to look after these expensive buildings they allegedly cannot afford (see the Aspire collection in the Observer for another Church driven guilt trip). Also by using Community building the Church would put something back into the Community.
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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
That's one of the things I am most uncomfortable with in some other churches when people seem to revere the statues and images and almost worship them.
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That alway confused me about Catholics. Why pray to Mary? The second of Ten Commandments always spring to mind
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2. You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.
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In fact most of the other commandments are a good way to live. Except the 7th one, I like to think of that more as a guideline than a law
