I think there are two different questions here -- the explicit one and the implied one. The explicit one is, does the act of a Christian wearing a cross count as idolatry? I think no. I say this as a Reform Presbyterian, where I DO consider pictures of Jesus (and a crucifix that has an image of Jesus hanging on it) to be idolatry.
The implied question is whether the feelings that you are having is you being convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit. I would say to examine yourself to answer that question. Are you doing this as an act of devotion, or are you doing it for other reasons? Are you doing it as an act of worship of the cross itself, or of the main who hung on it? Are you doing it for some other sinful reason, like as some sort of "own" of the heathens?
I think that if you are feeling like this, it's an opportunity for self-examination. Test the spirits influencing you like in 1 John 4.
> I would say to examine yourself to answer that question. Are you doing this as an act of devotion, or are you doing it for other reasons?
I created it as a gift for another. I myself do not own any crosses. I still feel dirty having created it though and am considering doing another creation as a gift instead.
I still feel dirty having created it though
I think you have your answer. Can you make something else instead of just wasting the mahogany?
> I think you have your answer. Can you make something else instead of just wasting the mahogany?
Yeah, I'm dieing to try my hand at some bandsaw boxes.
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