Re: Is Jesus honored when people make a lie in His honor?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jon Houts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>> Incorrect: you miss the point. The shape of the idol is not
>>> mentioned, because it's irrelevant.
>>
>> Right. The shape isn't important, but it is "shaped," not whole...
>
> You *badly* miss the point. If an unshaped stone is used as an idol,
> the offence is in every way identical as if the stone were carved into
> the shape of Michaelangelo's "Moses".
>
>> ...and condemning the use of Christmas trees using this verse is a
>> leap.
>
> Only because you desire to argue forever about the shape of the idol,
> rather than the central point of Jeremiah 10: "Learn not the ways of
> the heathen." Look, if heathen from pluto worship funny little frozen
> ammonia crystals, and sanctify a holiday to the day the ammonia thaws
> (signalizing the start of spring), then one can still infer from
> Jeremiah 10 that God prefers if we "learn not the ways of the
> heathen."
>
> Regards,
> Len.

So, if the Plutonian heathen do that, we should all stop using ammonia,
right, especially if it's thawed?