And then further, I happened to ask a very good friend what his immediate reaction would be if he were to see a drama in church where a man portrayed God (not stating it was going to occur this coming Sunday). He seemed somewhat puzzled and then I mentioned the 2nd Commandment. He asked me how the commandment is actually stated. So I read for him the passage. He said that while it was "troubling" to him personally, he knows no one is actually going to bow down in worship of the man portraying God.

Now I am further dumbstruck, but I've heard this before when discussing pictures of Jesus: "We don't worship the picture so we're not guilty of idolatry."

So I guess until and unless someone actually carves an image out of wood to set up in their home in order to "worship", then idolatry simply does not exist.

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Donald P. Grubb
theol46@embarqmail.com

Berean Baptist Church, Mansfield, OH
Mansfield, OH

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.