Hell, if you go for the common translations of Exodus 20:4then Christians and Jews aren't allowed to draw pictures either.
'Thou shalt not make unto thee 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 the earth:'
I've no idea what the original Hebrew says and modern Bibles tend to ditch the 'or any likeness part', but whether that means that this simply bans the production of graven images, or whether that's a modern Christian making excuses for common modern practice (as in the habit of wearing polycotton, for instance, or all those times you cook kid in its mothers' milk - I do that *all* the time) I genuinely have no idea. I actually suspect the former, but I like to think the latter so I can irritate Christians who mock the Muslims for not drawing pictures. I'm a very irritating kind of person.
('Thou shalt not make unto thee 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 the earth:'
I've no idea what the original Hebrew says and modern Bibles tend to ditch the 'or any likeness part', but whether that means that this simply bans the production of graven images, or whether that's a modern Christian making excuses for common modern practice (as in the habit of wearing polycotton, for instance, or all those times you cook kid in its mothers' milk - I do that *all* the time) I genuinely have no idea. I actually suspect the former, but I like to think the latter so I can irritate Christians who mock the Muslims for not drawing pictures. I'm a very irritating kind of person.
boris the spider,
Thu 6 Dec 2012, 16:56,
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Christians typically use the supercessionism excuseto get out of anything the Old Testament says, but the argument about the gold cherubim in the Temple in Jerusalem is an interesting one. Apparently they don't count, because they're only gold plated and not solid gold. Thus sayeth the rabbis.
I don't know but I always found statues just a little bit creepy anyway.
(I don't know but I always found statues just a little bit creepy anyway.
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag,
Thu 6 Dec 2012, 17:03,
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christians duck out of everything they don't like. it's a happy way of life.
boris the spider,
Thu 6 Dec 2012, 17:48,
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