Satan’s Great Manipulation of Christians

I enjoyed reading the Closing banquet in honour of the 250+++ quarrelling bishops:

"CLOSING BANQUET

The council came to an end on July 25 with a solemn banquet attended by the emperor. They had deliberated for nearly seven weeks, not only about the Arian heresy. An Arabic translation of the canons discussed at Nicea, found in the sixteenth century, shows that they debated on 84 subjects, ranging from the date of Easter (they set the day as the first Sunday, not coinciding with the Passover, after the first full moon following the vernal equinox) to determining whether the clergy could marry (the clergy were enjoined to marry before ordination, but not afterward). Now exhausted, the bishops prepared to make their way homeward. The last speeches had been made. There remained only the ceremonial leave-taking at the banquet, with the emperor sitting at a table in the midst of them. Constantine, stiff with purple, gold, and precious stones, was in good humor. He complimented Athanasius, gave presents to the bishops he favored, and at one point he summoned the unregenerate Bishop Acesius, who possessed a singular regard for the Novatian heresy, which held that only God had the power to pardon sins and that anyone who commits sin after baptism must be permanently refused Communion. Constantine reminded Acesius that the doctrine of the church was now finally established. Acesius made a long speech in defense of his puritan interpretation of the Scriptures. Constantine guffawed, "Ho, ho, Acesius! Now plant a ladder and climb up to heaven by yourself!" And sometime later, Constantine summoned the saintly Bishop Paphnutius and kissed the empty socket, and pressed his legs and arms to the paralyzed limbs, and he was especially gentle to all the other bishops who had suffered under the persecutions. Then the bishops went out through a line of imperial bodyguards with bared swords.  

Israfil wrote: Brother Bmzsp but you understand there large gap been observance of those Laws right? I'm sure an intellectual such as yourself are in no need for me to explain that but you are right, those are very interesting...Good post! Patty you allocation of Biblical verses to justify "making statues" is an incorrect justification. There are many devoted Catholics (like yourself) who say that religious icons in the churches you see are not worship but are venerated as intercessors on the behalf of mankind. Although that is ideally great the images in these churches are not only historically inaccurate in the sense of how they looked, but also to venerate others such as saints or even Mary the supposed Mother of God on the behalf of yourself not only goes against the Jewish Law (which Christianity orginates from) but also the universal Law which exist in the Old Testament or the Torah. Noting the verses about the Ark of the Covenant is hardly a justification for the veneration of Saints, and religious icons.

From the old testament of the Bible of the Christians: Exodus 20 verse one:

I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any other gods before me:

Isn't that one of the Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses?

I was raised Catholic, and left because the faith disobeys this law, period. My mother was a coptic christian from what used to be Constantinople, now known as Instanbul. She later in life reverted to Islam after my father died and was happier than I have ever seen her. She even went on the hajj before she died at the age of 72. My Uncle escorted  her to Mekkah.

To me, this scripture states that you cannot pray to any other god or ask any other person or being to intercede for you. After I obtained my degree in education with the major of history, I know the truth of how the bible was made, how Jesus (pbuh)was voted to be "divine".

If a person knows the truth and continues to say, "no, that is not it," and continues to follow his old traditions: Will God hold them accountable for being stubborn and disobedient? Who knows? We have the free agency  and will to follow Him on the true path or not. I suggest you read the Bible and stop following the doctrine of man if  you stay on the path, is your faith that of habit or faith?

Peace be unto you.