If you were bowing to your Bible then yes, you were worshipping your Bible. I've bowed in front of my bed and in front of a chair and here is a picture of me bowing before my congregation when my husband was ordained:
In none of the instances were the item I was bowing to meant anything other than a convenient place to bow. Now if I bowed at the chair thinking it was special and I was bowing at that particular chair because of it being special, then I am absolutely worshipping it.
If you think she has any special powers, then absolutely you'd be worshipping her. But maybe you bow down because she cannot get up. That's quite different than bowing down and kissing....a piece of wood.
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Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by Alive in Christ, Apr 4, 2010.
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The other example was bowing before a piece of wood and kissing the wood. The focal point is the wood. -
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...they are exalting a physical icon - adoring it, kissing it. Objects are not to be venerated. They can be utilized like singing from a hymnbook or drinking from a Lord's Supper glass - but kissing an object bestows your adoration of it.
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So you believe that as long as your heart is in the right place that you can do anything you wish? Because that is what you are saying.
As long as your heart is in the right place you can venerate splinters of wood as if they are holy?
Nope. Sorry.
That's what we are talking about. Kissing objects, focus on objects, adoring and venerating objects in place of worshipping God.
You know that.
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I don't have to prove that God exists.
However the atheist must prove that God doesn't exist. To do so he cannot. One cannot prove a universal negative.
I can believe what ever I want. I can assert my belief.
If you want to disprove my believe then the onus is on you to prove me wrong. Therefore to prove Calvin wrong you must come up with the proof. However ridiculous Calvin's statement may seem to you, if you can't prove him wrong his statement stands.
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