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<blockquote data-quote="Soto" data-source="post: 1490946" data-attributes="member: 22538">I don't understand how someone who reads the Bible and believes in it can become an Orthodox Christian or a Roman Catholic.&nbsp; So many Church Fathers go against what the Bible teaches.The veneration (which verges on, and often becomes worship) of Mary is essentially blasphemy and anathema to what the Bible and Jesus himself repeats on multiple occasions in Scripture.&nbsp; The same goes for Icon veneration.&nbsp; I'm not against Icons if they help a person visualize and keep their faith, but to put them at the center of worship, with all the extraneous elements of these liturgical services that historically are a syncretism of paganism and Christianity is absurd.&nbsp; The stained glass doesn't matter.&nbsp; The beards don't matter.&nbsp; The funny clothes and gold smothered churches don't matter.&nbsp; Everything that Jesus himself detested is being replicated by Catholics and the Orthodox.&nbsp; A new set of Pharisees.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Soto, post: 1490946, member: 22538"] I don't understand how someone who reads the Bible and believes in it can become an Orthodox Christian or a Roman Catholic. So many Church Fathers go against what the Bible teaches. The veneration (which verges on, and often becomes worship) of Mary is essentially blasphemy and anathema to what the Bible and Jesus himself repeats on multiple occasions in Scripture. The same goes for Icon veneration. I'm not against Icons if they help a person visualize and keep their faith, but to put them at the center of worship, with all the extraneous elements of these liturgical services that historically are a syncretism of paganism and Christianity is absurd. The stained glass doesn't matter. The beards don't matter. The funny clothes and gold smothered churches don't matter. Everything that Jesus himself detested is being replicated by Catholics and the Orthodox. A new set of Pharisees. [/QUOTE]

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