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Christianity is terribly sour (lemmy.world)

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[–] Hawke 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Graven images are forbidden”

Engraves an image in/on everything

[–] MothmanDelorian 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Graven images are representations of human beings. It is identical to how Islam forbids images of Mohammed because you are supposed to worship god rather than the statute or painting. Judaism and Christianity both have this rule.

Im not saying the destruction is right but this is motivated by the same beliefs that lead the Taliban to destroy non-Islamic statutes. Again not saying this was right but this is why it happened.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It’s almost like religions generally do why they think will get them more followers/tithes rather than follow any strict moral codes…

[–] Hawke 2 points 1 week ago

Not just human beings, anything.

Wikipedia:

... any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

Really much more about worshipping them than about making them though.