do u have a testimony of any active idol gods
By haqueen
@haqueen (236)
United States
July 8, 2007 5:53am CST
as long as am living i can never believe in an idol like mist indians do or many other idol worshipers who worship animals like cows ..coz this things are just as in active as u can see them..made of wood or even gold or precious metals like gold they are al passive gods ..anless any body top prove me wrong of how this gods of materials are active in answering prays of thier clients..worshipers
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@Galena (9110)
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8 Jul 07
well surely they don't beleive that the statue itself is their God.
I'm sure it's a point of focus. symbolic. after all, Deity is everywhere, so placing an offering before the statue is symbolic, rather than expecting a statue to do anything with it.
@BethTN81 (564)
• United States
8 Jul 07
As far as idols go. People worship many things. When someone puts other things before God that can be considered an idol. In Christianity, God comes first. When people lay out of church to watch the superbowl on Sunday, that can be considered an idol. It was put before God. You don't have to actually worship something in order to consider it an idol.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
8 Jul 07
I think it is because people want to see something tangible. God is a spirit, and therefore invisible to the mortal eye. Only when we die and take on the spirit form, do we see HIM as HE truly is. Not only cannot the mortal see God in his spiritual form but the sight of HIM would kill you. From what I heard about idolatry, the form or statue is a representative of their god. So if someone is praying to Venus to grant them a wonderful husband, Venus is still on Mount Olympus, but her statue or representative must have some sort of communication device that goes directly to the goddess herself. However we can speak to God directly and HE does not need a microphone inserted in a statue of HIM nor any other device to let HIM hear us and for HIM to answer our requests.
