ryld wrote:
TONY: ryld wrote,

We weren't talking about "worship".

In your statement you said, "pagan idol." Idols were worshiped in paganism.

RESPONSE: But the subject of our little tete-a-tete was your church's caretakership of these items--not what the ancient pagans did with them.

We were talking about your church's caretakership of these items. It was not "art", Tony.

TONY: They viewed it both as an idol and as a work of art.

RESPONSE: They only wanted the best for their queen of heaven, Tony, so it had to be artistic.


It was for the purpose of worship for those who believed in Venus.

TONY: So are we now talking about "worship"?

RESPONSE: Nice try, Tony. The question is why would a church be a caretaker of idols which ancients worshiped.

TONY: Is that not a contradiction of your entire premise on this particular post?

RESPONSE: Try to keep up, Tony. Main subject: your church's caretakership

what is being taken care of: idols
They may have been worshiped at one time but the Church does not view them as something to be worshiped. The Church looks at those things as pieces of art work. Nothing more.