Mexican Catholicism is heavily modified by their original pagan religion. They still celebrate day of the dead and name their kids Jesus. They don't give a damn about the rules.
Seriously Catholics how is this not idolatry?
Gavin Cruz
Christopher Myers
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Ian Russell
That is not idolatry. Idolatry is what happens in Spain where people idolatrices their local flavor of Jesus.
I mean, yes, if you pray to Jesus in front of a Jesus sculpt because the statue helps you mentalice or channel your pray, its ok. The problem is that in Spain there are "cults" for special versions of Jesus, like "el Nazareno" (the Nazarene) in Madrid, where a lot of people waits a lot of hours to visit him because that specific statue of Jesus is more miraculous than the one in their local church.
In El Rocio there is a statue of Mary that is visited by thousands and there are fights to touch the statue in his day.
That is not the same as what hapens in easter. That is that there are guilds that made the statues and take care of them, these statues represent different things that happened in the last week of Jesus life, and are taken out in procession by the guild members.
David Gonzalez
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Jace Ward
You probably think they're worshiping a piece of fabric too lol
Aiden Richardson
it is a problem, but then if we followed jew laws then even the cross is an idol. quick ban all crucifixes!!!!
Colton King
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,
Cameron Miller
Why do we feel we need a religion to believe in God, or a house/statue/cross/symbol/shrine ect to talk to him/worship him though, if you believe in him then he hears you no matter where you are, what if that little voice in you conscious that second guesses you is his way of communicating, me no no, just a thought.
Gabriel Moore
Also the cross is a tad mean, its basically a reminder that we killed/torment and made an example of the son of God and we are not supposed to need reminded that he exists, faith as it were.
Jeremiah Long
It's a reminder of the most important thing that Jesus did: his horrific, painful death for us.
It's expressing respect for the instrument of our salvation.