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What is morality in America? Commandment 2 of 10: No creating Idols
This one is hardly broken by the 3 main religions:
Jews do not use idols
Christians technically don’t pray to crosses, statues of Jesus or Mary, and they SHOULD NOT. These things might be considered blasphemous by God because they are in his house of worship.
It could be easier to come to the conclusion that we were created by an intelligent and advanced being or beings, but it borders on crossing the 2nd Commandment with saying Jesus was God on earth or the son of God, and having statues or stained-glass church windows depicting him, in houses of worship.
You can pray in the name of Jesus to God, but do not pray TO Jesus – he is not God, he is with God. There is a difference I think. If I am wrong, please prove otherwise.
Muslems do not pray to false idols.
Budhists have the biggest problem here. I don’t think they pray to Buddha, but I’m not sure. His statue is everywhere around Buddhist Asian homes. What is up with that? Prayer through him to God might be OK, just like you can pray to God on your mother’s grave. But I don’t think Buddha ever claimed to be a God, nor claim his followers that this was so.
Native Americans, ancient Egyptian sun-worshippers, Devil Worshippers, etc. all have a problem with the 2nd Commandment, but Jews and Muslems do not. Some Christians might.
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