On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:20:06 -0600, duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:31:52 -0800 (PST), Wild Bill Taylor <wbt@writeme.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Jan 2, 9:21?am, duke <duckgumb...@cox.net> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:35:51 +0000, Alan Ferris <hairy.fer...@yahoo.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 01:17:39 +1000, "RamRod ?Sword of Baal"
>>> ><ram...@truthonly.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>"Alan Ferris" ?wrote in message
>>> >>news:ksbuh69m304j7u980tl7j86o92fi161l9j@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> >>On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:31:01 -0600, duke <duckgumb...@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>>> ?Thermoplastic statues of the BVM do not violate the graven images
>>> >>>>> prohibition because they ?are not engraved, they are injection molded.
>>>
>>> >>>> No, because they are not worshipped regardless of manufacturing
>>> >>>> technique.
>>>
>>> >>> They are as much worshiped as you claim the Egyptians worshiped them.
>>>
>>> >>> Do you never see people bow before a statue in a catholic church? ?Do
>>> >>> you never see Catholics genuflect towards a statue in a catholic
>>> >>> church?
>>> >>Yep and we have seen them carrying the statues around the streets.
>>>
>>> >>I suppose that is to give the statue some fresh air ? :-)
>>>
>>> >Indeed, and in some churches they touch or kiss their
>>> >statues....wonder why, especially as there is no worship going on.
>>>
>>> Pictures of loved ones are traditionally venerated.
>>>
>>> Well, maybe not in your house.
>
>>LOL, well, there are no titles of nobility in the U.S. of A.
>
> Mary lives in heaven, not in the US of A.

She never lived anywhere, Wrecked Weber.  It's the usual lie that has
slithered through 1500-odd years of fairy tales.

>>LOL, the pope thinks that Mary was a virgin, which is clearly not the
>>case.
>
> That's, of course, clearly labels you as one that does not know what a virgin
> is.  And for that, you should be eternally embarrassed.

Too bad that there has never been a live birth without the act that
initiates the pregnancy.  You're the denier of reality.

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