its an analogy of a person reaction to what they value the most ..
It's not even close to being an indication of what they value the most. I've got an expensive carriage clock in my living room. If you went to throw it on the floor I'd physically throw you out of my house. It's nothing to do with whether I put the clock before God, it's just an issue that it's special to me and it's frankly more special to me than someone trying to make a point by destroying it.
An idol is something we put in God's place, not something that is valuable to us. There's a vast difference between the two.
and a very accurate one . what hold much worth to you you rush to defend .. like rcc folk when you mention images of Mary being bowed down to (and yes i have personally observed it many many many many times ) they RUSH to defend it ..proving its worth to them and thus the idolatry of it .
i brought up the idolatry od spots a few times ...wow did so called Christians rush to defend their beloved idols lol ..vehemently- but you knew what i meant
There's really no need to take another bash at the RCC. I'm not a Catholic myself but a Catholic-specific bash here isn't really relevant to the topic. Sometimes people do defend idols, sometimes people merely defend a lifestyle against an accusation that's little more than a logical fallacy, like the idea that not wanting some random person to break my stuff means I place it above God. The fact someone defends a viewpoint doesn't mean that viewpoint is an idol to them, it just means they think they are right and you are wrong.
Using your own reasoning I could point out that in the other thread about healing you're so quick to defend your viewpoint that God always heals despite clear and apparent evidence to the contrary that it's an idol to you. How does that work for you?
and you raise a valid point .
Jesus said the cares for the THINGS of this world and the deceitfulness of riches will cause us to become unfruitful
and he warns and unfruitful branch will be cut off and cast in the fire
If the cares of this world take the place of God in our hearts then of course we will become unfruitful. That's a totally different proposition from not wanting someone to break the things we own just to make a point. If God calls me to get rid of my expensive carriage clock then it's gone. If God calls me to give it to someone else then it's theirs. If some goon decides to break it just to find out whether or not I value it they'll get bodily ejected from my house in short order.
Again, let's take your logic here and run with it. I feel like renting a bulldozer and turning your house into a pile of rubble. I assume you're OK with that, because you wouldn't want your cares for the things of this world to cause you to become unfruitful, would you? You wouldn't want to stop the bulldozer, and demonstrate that your house is an idol to you, right?
