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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dilankandy" data-source="post: 6737295" data-attributes="member: 6909">Machanzla first of all i would like to say that its not idol worshiping its honoring an idol of lord buddha. its not a sin in buddhism. and we do not expect something in return.(OH you get the point!) Actually Satutues are used to increase and develop the "Shradda" (Shraddawa kiyanne budurajanan wahanse kerehi thiyena pahadeema) specially when you look in to a properly designed buddha statue like samadhi statue you will understand what i meant. And those Amisha poojas which described in Dhamma are also ways to increase the same thing. And there is a culture established parallel to buddhism. So in that We highly value the Buddhist statues and other idols which depicts scenes from Lord Buddhas life. By da way please state "the Sutra" which lord buddha Forbid Ananda thero from building a Buddhist StatueAnd i would like to point out to you that in christianity the idol worshiping has not been preached by jesus christ. Thats where pentecostals and roman catholics defer from each other though they read the same bible. Near death of jesus,  the cross was the symbol used to terrify people as it was the gallows of romans.Early followers of Christ also did not use an idol of christ. they used symbols such as Shepperd fish & etc.. but never the cross. But when Cristianity grew all over the world the eventually began to use the  Cross as the symbol. Thats the evolution of a Religion. But my point here is that Honoring idols not affect the integrity of a religion if you know what i mean.</blockquote>

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