It's an uncivilized act. It's heinous," said Hanifah Maidin, youth wing spokesman of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic party
So it's civilized to riot and assault embassies?
This is one of the comics they are talking about. I hope I didn't accidentally induce anybody into idolatry. Reminds me of the Bomb-Omb's from Super Mario 2.
Just so we get both sides of the coin...
http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_033162841.html
"Anger over 'Osama bin Laden as Christ' artwork in NYC" (which wasn't even intended by the artist)
Of course, many historians point out the Christ probably looked that way, very much like a middle-eastern man like Bin Laden...not the blond, blue-eyed, perfectly shampooed European from paintings.
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe@Oct 24 2005, 11:59 PM
Just for the record, Catholics do not worship icons or other religious symbolism such as statues, although admitedly, to non-Catholic Christians and others, the veneration heaped upon them can often look like it on the outside. Consider them tools for helping people express and visualize their faith in a tangible way.
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It's argued that in the early days of Catholicism's influence on various societies and especially the integration with barbarian and pagan cultures throughout the centures that the Catholic statues, saint-worship, relic worhship, etc. were simply a translation of previous pagan practices. Look at how relics (including body parts) were used as wards, talismans, magic items, etc. and the simply massive number of saint statues and other possibly "graven" images that were instead considered sacred and employed in elaborate ritual. Early in his life, John Paul II worried that his worship of Mary was impinging on his worship to Christ. Even in Rome, the early Church encouraged such veneration as a form a idolatry as the preferable alternative to the idolatry still practiced by ancient Romans in the old empire. I think it's difficult for people of faiths like Protestant Christianity and Islam to understand how such things can be explained by the modern Cathollic apologetics that they are "tools".
Many Muslims react badly to Christians because they see the catholics as a bunch of idol worshippers who worship Christ's mother (well Christ too), and various saints, praying to them more than they actually prayed to God.
There's no god by Allah...well check out Steve Carell vs Steve Colbert Islam vs Christianity for some laughts.:
http://www.youtube.com/w/Even-Stevph...&search=Carell