Well SROPER,
there's the rub... does Scripture forbid making images of a man? He took on human flesh, which is able to be pictured. The Scriptures say not to picture anything in heaven, earth or under the earth....for the purpose of bowing down before them.
The Decalogue forbids idols, but not representational art. So, I am trying to figure out how much and what is exactly forbidden.
Your analogy does not hold.
In fact, under your logic, you should take on the muslim stance of forbidding ALL representational art. All things in heaven, earth or under the earth should be forbidden since somewhere someone out there might be tempted to worship them...
There's no harm in searching into the limits of a matter. It is all part of my process of searching deeper into this topic.
Have a little patience man, maybe you have already arrived, but I am still on the road looking for the exit sign.
How much wine must you drink before you are drunk. Sipping a little, it might be argued, is to take a few steps in the direction of drunkenness, and so we had better teetotal away since we should not be asking, "How far is too far..."
there's the rub... does Scripture forbid making images of a man? He took on human flesh, which is able to be pictured. The Scriptures say not to picture anything in heaven, earth or under the earth....for the purpose of bowing down before them.
The Decalogue forbids idols, but not representational art. So, I am trying to figure out how much and what is exactly forbidden.
Your analogy does not hold.
In fact, under your logic, you should take on the muslim stance of forbidding ALL representational art. All things in heaven, earth or under the earth should be forbidden since somewhere someone out there might be tempted to worship them...
There's no harm in searching into the limits of a matter. It is all part of my process of searching deeper into this topic.
Have a little patience man, maybe you have already arrived, but I am still on the road looking for the exit sign.
How much wine must you drink before you are drunk. Sipping a little, it might be argued, is to take a few steps in the direction of drunkenness, and so we had better teetotal away since we should not be asking, "How far is too far..."