Is taxidermy a sin ?

[Chuck7]

I'm reaslly not trying to meddle here..Very few Christians knw th e10 commandments and I was a little nervous reading this one..

Commandment 4..[*]4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
And althoughthat most of gentiles beleive that we are not the law..we do believe that loving God and our neighbor will fulfill the law..When I look at my mounted animals it concerns me some..What is you folks take on this..and yes I know we are not under the law BUT God gave this command for a certain reason...What was that reason??
When I lived in the Bible college dorm for a while my room mates would harass me because of my mounted bass..they called it Dagon..[8D]

[sachiko]

The Orthodox Catholics won't use statues in their churches because of this. They use paintings instead.

I think it's kind of a stretch to think that this might apply to stuffed animals myself, but some might differ.

One tactic you could use, which has been adopted by some of the members on this forum goes like this. You read carefully through the entire New Testament and if you find no mention of stuffed animals, you know they're not allowed.


May The Sheep Be With You

[Snooky]

There are some very good people who will not allow photo taken, neither allow them in their homes for that reason. I don't think that is a correct interpretation of the scripture, but that is between them and God.

[Rebel Hog]

http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/gravenimage.html

[hillbillyhunter1]

Holy Cow!!! ( definately no pun intended)

I think people must be really bored if they come up with some of this stuff ( no offense to you Chuck)

"HMMM, now let me see....how could I be sinning and not even know it somehow"


What does a mounted animal have to do with loving the lord??? I know what the commandment says but I don't think that applies in this case.

Do you guys think the lord uses common sense or not???

[Chuck7]

Thanks Reb for that bit of knowledge..

And the man who posted the reply starting with Holy Cow..You are totally wrong..My adopted son is reading the New Testament straight through..and he ask alot of questions..This was one of those questions..I'm proud of him to be trying to understand the Word.. Most baby Christians ask alot of questions

[Kybuckhunter]

We are not under any of the requirements of the Old Testament law.

[Snooky]

We are not under any of the requirements of the Old Testament law.

Thou shalt have other Gods before me.
Thou shalt kill.
Thou shalt commit adultry.
Thou shalt bear false witness.

Do we need to go any farther with this?
Paul must have been a very ignorant and unlearned man in the ways of God and Gods laws, Why else would he have said that the "righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us". After all he was writting to the N.T. church.

[Chuck7]

We are not under any of the requirements of the Old Testament law.
KYBUCKHUNTER

I feel the same way my friend..but as Christians we grow and hopefully change some of our religious views as we die more of ourelves and let God have us wholly..The other day my son said dad..what are the 10 commandments..and I was ashamed as I did not even know them all.[]I mean Paul says we fulfill the law when we love God and our neighbor..but I wanted to take a look into what was mentined in those 10 commandments..That fourth one brought a check in my spirit and I just wasnted to run it past you guys..Sure..if we add our opinions we can make it say something it's not..BUT flat out it says..
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Alot of times on here folks say let's let the scripture speak for itsealf..UNTIL it crosses up one of our beloved hobbies..[8D]For me..it says what it says..and I need to seriously take it before the Lord..I have a deer mount and a fish mount.. and as Snooky mentioned..photography..My wife mentioned thatmost devout Amish do not want their picture taken..

[Chuck7]

in responce to Snooky,

Amen brother...and all of God's way's bring life..I really don't know how I plan to handle this BUT it's been my expereince God honors those who take Him at His Word..I wil diffently be taking this before the Lord in my own personal life..


The thing that keeps coming back in my heart is the sin of David,..when he counted the people..he was punished because he yielded to the spirit of pride to look at God's accomplishments as though he did it himself..Possilbly that is what is wrong with the images..it puts the focus on the creation rather than the creator..the focus is on what a wonderful hunter I am,,rather than humbly thanking God for the animal, eat it and move on..