Ruby, I have to ask and I'm sure this is frustrating to answer... Why do Christians perform idolatry? this is a serious sin especially for catholics being the largest denomination.
not to mention lack of kosher laws and circumcision for males within Christianity.
Don't get me wrong, I like the inspirational christian messages "It's better to give than to receive" and "love your enemy"
In case you're wondering, yes I did research Christianity.
Thanks for asking.
There are some things that some Christians do that I would even consider to be idolatry. For example people who literally worship what they see as some kind of holy artifact. The Shroud of Turin for example, which I think is a complete hoax, is worshipped by some people. Other people flock to images they consider holy, and I think that is the very definition of idolatry. I even saw this woman on Penn and Teller's BS show that was worshipping her bathroom door and getting all emotional about it. That made my jaw drop in shock. It's hard for me to even imagine the level of stupidity needed for her to believe this, and even worse she had other people making pilgrimage to her house to worship her door. I think that kind of thing goes completely against what the Bible says to do. Other people make the mistake of praying to or worshippng angels. This is also something I think is really really wrong.
There is a practice that Catholics do where they seem to pray to saints. When I've asked them about this, they tell me they are asking the person to pray with them, that they're not actually praying to the person. That's an important distinction. I still would not be comfortable with that, but I thought I'd mention that anyway because I used to think they were worshipping the people and were idolaters for that reason but they say that's not true and they are doing something completely different. So this was something I had misunderstood.
I'm non-denominational, which means I don't follow any one particular group or denomination. I have the most in common with evangelical Christians though including conservative values and a strong support for Israel and a belief in salvation by grace through faith and not works (although works are still important). The one area I differ with them in would be that I'm very interested in science and I accept evolution as a tool used by G-d to create.
Some people say that believing in Jesus makes Christians idol worshippers. I don't think so. There is a doctrine within Christianity of a Trinity but we believe it's all one G-d, not different gods, not 3 gods... just one. Different people have slightly different understandings about the details of the different aspects, because it can get a little confusing, but I don't think you'll find very many people at all in Christianity who would say they worship more than one G-d.
Most Christians are not Jewish and so I dont' see any reason why they should be circumcised. Also as far as kosher food goes, most christians don't follow those rules. We believe that those types of things are part of the Moasic law which Jesus fulfilled. It's stilll Holy Scripture, but we believe that through Jesus we are under a new set of rules as far as a lot of that is concerned.
