Comments on: Biblical Idolatry http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/07/18/biblical-idolatry/ Engaging the depths of God and life in the Kingdom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:39:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CP http://prophets-priests-poets.info/2007/07/18/biblical-idolatry/comment-page-1/#comment-11085 CP Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:15:09 +0000 http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2007/07/18/biblical-idolatry/#comment-11085 Excellent post. And another thing, I think people throw the term "idol" around too losely...it's a sort of handy term that people use to condemn others while ignoring their own "idols". Case in point, the Biblical toys thing on Slice: I think people were overreacting and then I get called immature because I said "Duh" (Godddd forbiiiiid). So here's my retort, which I'm sure won't get put on: "If you want maturity, Ingrid, you got it: my point is that it’s meant to be a teaching tool, not meant to be bowed down to. Unless you know of some superhuman children who come out of the womb with the ability to read and comprehend the Bible, then that’s great, but for normal children, they can be used to teach them all the Bible stories we all grew up on. And how to keep the kids from playing with Jesus and Optimus Prime together? Here’s a novel idea: parenting. If you want to talk about people selling things to gullable Christians to make a buck, then that’s fine, but don’t forget to mention hymn CDs performed by non-Christian groups." Excellent post. And another thing, I think people throw the term “idol” around too losely…it’s a sort of handy term that people use to condemn others while ignoring their own “idols”. Case in point, the Biblical toys thing on Slice: I think people were overreacting and then I get called immature because I said “Duh” (Godddd forbiiiiid). So here’s my retort, which I’m sure won’t get put on:

“If you want maturity, Ingrid, you got it: my point is that it’s meant to be a teaching tool, not meant to be bowed down to. Unless you know of some superhuman children who come out of the womb with the ability to read and comprehend the Bible, then that’s great, but for normal children, they can be used to teach them all the Bible stories we all grew up on. And how to keep the kids from playing with Jesus and Optimus Prime together? Here’s a novel idea: parenting. If you want to talk about people selling things to gullable Christians to make a buck, then that’s fine, but don’t forget to mention hymn CDs performed by non-Christian groups.”

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