<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Fredman if he can't keep the 2nd Commandment then he can not fully and truly respect God? Even the elect cannot fully do this and thus it would be sin for them as well!</font><hr></blockquote><p> <br><br>(Fred) Joe, I am sorry, but I just believe you are mixing two things that are non-related. You should be happy to have your convictions about your take on the 2nd commandment, I just don't see it.<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Where did you get the idea that the WCF or the HC used only 2 verses to support their statements? Here are some others</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>I never said that; those are your words. I just pointed out the two main references for the 10 commandments, and the two confession's comments upon them. Even with the other references you supply, a cursory reading of these passages reveal that they have no bearing to what we have discussed, unless you wish to bring to bear upon the text personal opinions about religious film. Moreover, to be honest with you Joe, a lot of these passage are taken out of context. I will say that many of them do have a rebuke about false worship and following false gods, but that is a far cry from making a movie about Christ's miracles, or attending a passion play at a local Church during easter. <br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Thus, theological, Scriptural, and historical considerations are presented by Reformed authors as evidence that pictures of Christ are idolatrous.</font><hr></blockquote><p> <br><br>I believe the operative word in this statement is Reformed authors. Now don't get me wrong, I love the dear precious writings of the Puritan reformers, but let us be honest with the facts of history: they had an historical issue with Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Church. Hence, I take their severe comments in stride and in the historical context in which they were made. <br>You make an honorable plea for rejecting religious films about Christ, but it doesn't wash with me. I do not see that a reputable film about Christ's life (a real, flesh and blood historical figure, by the way) in any way violates the 2nd commandment. In this matter, I believe the Bible would allow such things to be opened to the discernment of each individual's conscience, per Romans 14. <br><br>Fred

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