Jesus cannot be the Messiah.

Reading your replies i would suggest researching what the trinity actually is and what it teaches, your replys show you do not understand the teaching of the trinity. http://www.catholic.com... I noticed you didn't answer my question, if you class God as 'anyone' you say God CANNOT become man, that is like saying the person that invented football is not allowed to play it. God is omnipotent, of course he can become man if he chose to. The question isn't if he can or not but rather if he did or not, and he did. Exodus 15:3 the Lord IS A MAN. (Huh?) The Triune God does not lie and does not change, and in His divinity is not man. Second, the passage was written before the Incarnation took place. And third, I would note the context, which is to make a point about God's faithfulness, which He has both before and after the Incarnation because of His divinity, not His humanity. Therefore even were this passage written after the Incarnation (which it was not), it would still be talking about God in His divine nature, not in His (the Second Person's that is) human nature. Genesis 18:1-5 1 And the LORD appeared to him by the Oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, THREE MEN stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth, 3 and said, " MY LORD, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. 4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest YOURSELVES under the tree, 5 while I fetch a morsel of bread, that YOU may refresh YOURSELVES, and after that you may pass on-since you have come to your servant." "I asked you a very simple question in response; if G-d can become a Golden Calf, why not worship a Golden Calf if it can represent G-d? If I told you that G-d became a Golden Calf, and you had to worship this idol or go to hell, would you do it? Obcourse not! Why then do you expect me to?" Read your own statement, in your context how could the calf be an idol if God BECOMES (your word) the calf? God did not become a golden calf, because of lack of faith the Hebrews reverted back to the Egyptian ways by idolising the golden calf. If God became a golden calf then it wouldn't be an idol, your statement contradicts itself. Jesus Christ IS God, not an idol of God. If you have the same question regarding catholics and Mary and the saints, check this definition out. http://www.dictionary.com... We also believe, as Scripture makes very clear, that death does not separate us from the love of Christ (Rom. 8:38), or from his body, which is the Church (Col. 1:24). Our "elders in heaven" (cf. Rev. 5:8)"should be honored as much or even more than our greatest members on earth. So having statues honoring God or great saints brings to mind the God we adore"and the saints we love and respect. This is a no-brainder for Catholics. To us,"having statues is just as natural as"you guessed it"having pictures in our wallets to remind us of the ones we love here on earth. But reminding ourselves of loved ones is a far cry from idolatry. While it can certainly be understood how a superficial reading of the first commandment could lead one to believe we Catholics are in grave error with regard to our use of statues and icons, the key to a proper understanding of the first commandment is found at the very end of that same commandment, in verse 5 of Exodus 20: "You shall not bow down to them or serve [adore] them." The Lord did not prohibit statues; he prohibited the adoration of"them. If God truly meant that we were not to possess any statues at all, then he would later contradict himself. Just five chapters after this commandment in Exodus 20, God commanded Moses to build the ark of the Covenant, which would contain the presence of God and was to be venerated as the holiest place in all of Israel. Here is what God commanded Moses concerning the statues on it: And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends (Ex. 25:18"19). In Numbers 21:8"9, not only did our Lord order Moses to make another statue in the form of a bronze serpent, he commanded the children of Israel to look to it in order to be healed. The context of the passage is one where Israel had rebelled against God, and a plague of deadly snakes was"sent as a just punishment. This statue of a snake had no power of itself"we know from John 3:14 it was merely a type of Christ"but God used this image of a snake as an instrument to effect healing in his people. Further, in 1 Kings 6, Solomon built a temple for the glory of God, described as follows: In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. . . . He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. . . . He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees, and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. . . . For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood. . . . He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold (1 Kgs. 6:23, 27, 29, 31, 32). King Solomon ordered the construction of multiple images of things both "in heaven above" (angels) and "in the earth beneath" (palm trees and open flowers). And then, after the completion of the temple, God declared he was pleased with its construction (1 Kgs. 9:3). Didn't God know what King Solomon had done? It becomes apparent, given the above evidence, that a strictly literal interpretation of Exodus 20:2"5 is erroneous. Otherwise, we would have to conclude that God prohibits something in Exodus 20 that he commands elsewhere. Psalm 119:160: "All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal." As i said as catholics we are taught to keep the natural/moral law (righteous). These apply to everyone. You wouldn't expect people to keep laws like putting rails on your roof etc? They wouldn't class as 'righteous' (moral) In his day even his own people rejected him, obviously people will reject him today also. Although other religions may contain some truths, we as Catholics have the fullness of the truth.