tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post1237837457109841578..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Popular devotionsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-81967578825405387032014-05-19T10:51:33.572-05:002014-05-19T10:51:33.572-05:00dailyarminian:
If you take Exodus 20:4 as a self-...dailyarminian:<br /><br />If you take Exodus 20:4 as a self-standing prohibition on the making of images, apart from the prohibition in 20:5 on worship, then we're in really big trouble, since 20:4 on its own would prohibit a vast range of human activity from children's story books with pictures of dogs and cats to all scientific work that depends on microscopic and telescopic photography.<br /><br />Obviously that's not what's meant.<br /><br />It is images that are to be worshiped that are forbidden, as is made clear by 20:5.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-53645014918771363762014-05-16T11:27:09.925-05:002014-05-16T11:27:09.925-05:00"From the heavens the stars fought,
from ..."From the heavens the stars fought,<br /> from their courses they fought against Sisera."<br /><br />Thanks for your time and patience Dr. Pruss.Mark Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691324025964108341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-24149113041861921252014-05-15T14:44:14.409-05:002014-05-15T14:44:14.409-05:00This is the reason I actually find the Roman Catho...This is the reason I actually find the Roman Catholic edifice abominable. "Make not for yourselves an image," says the LORD. What do the Catholic divines at Nicea II do? Not only establishe images, but also permit devotions to grow with respect to them. The LORD will deal with them if they do no repent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com