You know how Joseph Smith said a seer stone helped him translate ancient records? Isn't that kind of like believing God actually resides in some inanimate object? How far away from idol worship was Joseph Smith?
I say, not far! Now, the modern prophets are afraid to touch the idea with a ten foot pole. People are afraid to believe God is the object before them? Why?
How exciting would that be! To believe you are talking face to face with God. To look at a face, be it stone or wood, or canvas, and see the face of God! You can reach out and touch God? Maybe so. Joseph Smith was almost there.
Zee.
PS- this post was inspired by a Heineken and "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman". Loving the movie, Blixa.
Deity in the idol
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Deity in the idol
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
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Re: Deity in the idol
Yeah, it is silly to think there is something wrong with idols. I have a goddess idol on my altar. It's awesome.
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden
~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
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Re: Deity in the idol
Pic?
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
The Holy Sacrament.
The Holy Sacrament.