text: catholics: tell me why to the following:? 1) in the jewish bible and the protestant bible the second commandment says that we should not make any graven images of anything in heaven, beneath the earth, in the water beneath the earth and that we should not bow down to them, nor serve them. (see exodus 20:4-6 in the prostant bible) why does your bible eliminate this commandment?    2) jesus said in matt 23:9 not to call anyone your (spiritual) father because you have only one the one who is in heaven. pope means papa or daddy. the local priest and the pope are your spiritual authorities.  why do you call them father and papa/daddy (pope)?  3) saying the rosary is nothing more than repetitious praying.  why do you do this when jesus said in matt 6:7 not to say repetitious prayers like the heathens do?  4) the word of god says in 1 tim 2:5 that there is only one mediator between god and man, the man christ jesus.  so why do you pray to mary and all the dead saints? many catholics do not understand their own church doctrinal beliefs, and merely go with what the priest tells them.  i would highly suggest reading the books "babylon mystery religion", "a woman rides the beast", and "the two babylons"...all 3 are very good at digging into the traditions that the rcc mixed into christianity ....bringing baal worship to christ (with the various means you mentioned and more).  keep in mind, i'm neither catholic nor protestant (old fashioned bible believing baptists were never a part of the catholic church so were never a part of the "reformation" that led to protestants).  i do know of women who have come from the rcc who saw that the very things you mentioned were wrong after having been taught them as necessary to salvation.  keep in mind also, that the catholic bible is worded differently than the ones noncatholics use...the 10 commandments are not the same...take a look online and you will see the difference...the part on idol worship is not there.