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CovenantInBlood said:

There is some room for divergence within threads, but your comment to William that he should start another thread if he wished to pursue the issue further was in line.

Myself, I hadn't paid much attention to it except to note that it was a religious statue. <span style="background-color:#FFFF00">I now see that it is in fact a picture of a pietà statue, with Mary and the dead body of Christ.</span>

The images in the Tabernacle (and later the Temple) were in fact mostly decorative symbolism, representing the heavenly court. They did not represent God, nor were they presented as depictions of any being that should be worshipped or prayed to, nor were they objects of religious devotion. (Quite unlike the statues of saints one finds in so many Catholic churches, in front of which there are frequently side altars, kneeling benches, and places to burn votive candles.)

The traditional Reformed understanding of the Second Commandment is that God prohibits any depiction of Himself in any of the three Persons of the Trinity.

Now, whether we should ask you to change your user image, I am not sure. I do not recall this issue coming up before.


Mr Moderator <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

That is not the body of Christ it is perhaps <span style="background-color:#FFFF00">the body of Mel Gibson</span>

And your opininion that it is a traditional reformed understanding not to make graven images is only half right. The other half is it violate's the second commandment. Our fathers were sure and died over issues like this Kyle.





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