11 Items Christians Shouldn't Own

Catholics are often accused of idolatry for their use of images and statues in their worship spaces. However, the Catholic position on idols is that the commandment against graven images refers specifically to other gods, not to images in general. In fact, God prescribed the use of images in worship in the Tabernacle and the Temple. Catholics place images and statues of saints as memorials to inspire and remember them, and to ask for their intercession and companionship in their worship of God. Catholics do not worship idols or images, but the real presence of God in the Eucharist.

Idols aren’t just of wood and metal but in your heart. Your job, car, sports, wrong thoughts, people… can be idols. Only Jesus and deliverance can get rid of idols

some people like to talk about things they dont understand, Catholics do NOT worship images, they are just items that most of us like to keep because the art work is beautiful or they are objects that have been passed down through generations. Meditation and prayer brings us closer in relationship with God and helps us through difficult times and challenges in life. They encourage us to carry him in our hearts and life throughout every day in our lives. it annoys me when people do no study in the religions they like to critique only to show themselves ignorant of what they speak. This is what makes us divides into groups that evil and the demonic find easy to infiltrate into our lives.

There's nothing wrong with having a yoga mat or blocks etc. I don't do yoga but I often use these tools for physiotherapy (which I need to do). I think it's kind of dangerous making people scared of things like that. Fair enough about symbols and stuff but a plain yoga mat is a sheet of foam to cushion your joints when stretching and exercising - which is very healthy! I don't believe God would want us to injure ourselves just because of fear of these sorts of items.

I had a bunch of old pictures in a box. Some good, but most of me partying and getting wild. The Lord told me to get rid of them. So I burned them. Then the Lord told me to delete every selfie of me off of my Facebook page. It took 7 hours to do that. I realized that day that I’m very vain. A couple weeks later, He had me get off Facebook altogether. There was no longer a reason to have it if I wasn’t going to post selfies, debate people about politics/religion, or brag lol Praise God, He broke those chains.

I was a yoga teacher part time and reiki healer. I got rid of everything 2 years ago. Holy Spirit convinced me loud and clear. Jesus is so good and merciful he did it with love

I used to wear evil eyes, yin yangs, hamsa symbols, and all of that. Every single time I wore that stuff I felt weighed down, depressed, anxious, and incredibly self conscious. One day something told me “don’t put them on” and I didn’t, I have not felt that light and happy in so long! Ever since I stopped wearing those things my severe depression and anxiety went away and it’s amazing!

Hi! I just ran across your video and I completely understand where you are coming from! I was a witch for 27 years. TWENTY SEVEN YEARS. God started working in my to turn me toward him and I have not looked back. My first church service was Easter of last year and I was saved last August, baptized last month! Praise God! It didn't occur to me right away to dig deep to find these things, stumbling blocks, to throw away. The Holy Ghost convicted me one day and I was like a mad woman tearing my house apart looking for ANYTHING that did not serve the Lord. Let me tell you after 27years of collecting, that was a lot of stuff. I burned anything that would burn , all my books, cards, and notes and papers. I destroyed anything else that wouldn't. I felt freed to the utmost when I let these things go. Still finding things here and there too. I thank God everyday that He saved me. I love coming across people like you that have such a contrasting past to how they live now. I can really relate and feel like God will use our testimonies to help save more souls.

I'm alcohol free for over five years.

30 years ago when I was 16 years old, I was wearing a necklace and I don't remember what the symbol was that was on it. But I was at church and we had just finished praise and worship and I sat down and looked down at the floor and saw my charm on the floor but my necklace was still fully intact. Well after the service was over I took that outside and buried it. When the Lord wants us to get rid of things, sometimes He will let us really know like letting us come across these videos, having your charm fall off your necklace supernaturally. And it's not just get rid of things, but I've learned when the Lord speaks, it's time to listen 😊 God bless

I exercise with my yoga mat, I also pray on it and thank God for my body and abilities. It's all about intention.

Imagine invading someone else’s stuff and ripping it up just because you disagree, if you wanted him to get rid of it why not just Yk talk to him, communicate, communicating is the foundation of a relationship

I am a 74 yr young Christian female. Many years ago my life was so good, I had a happy marriage, my 16 yr old daughter was in a good place. I could not have asked for more or better. My husband and I both had great, fulfilling careers, we were very happy. We had just moved into a beautiful home and started decorating. I bought new furniture for my living room and since my decorations had an Asian theme, I purchased a large Buddha and an Asian statue that stood in the floor, about 3.5 ft tall, it probably was some form of god also. Almost from day one of bringing those things into my home, my life started turning around. I lost my job, my beautiful daughter was attacked by a boy from her school and she was brutally raped. My happy marriage started falling apart to the point of divorce. I had no idea why it was happening. Some 30 years later I rededicated my life to the Lord and lived a Christian life. My furniture was put into a storage facility and was vandalized everything that wasn’t destroyed was taken, so when I finally woke up and smelled the coffee, no one had to tell me, I realized that my God is a jealous God and He will not be second to any other god, even a false god!!! I have no idea where those idols ended up, but, I pray the thief didn’t put them in their home or sell them to some unsuspecting person. If I had it to do over, I would have broken them to bits, so no one else would live under that curse. I have since asked God’s forgiveness. I hope this comment helps someone from making that mistake. We have to be so careful in today’s world, there is so much false doctrine out there. Pray daily that Christ will give you a discerning spirit to keep you safe. God bless you all.

Alcohol is called spirits for a reason. God delivered me 27 years ago praise God!

As a Catholic, we don’t idolize Mary when we pray the rosary. We are asking Mary to help us get closer to her son Jesus.

It’s so crazy I thought I had gave away everything new age years ago crystals , jewelry, gratitude/ manifest journals, but this weekend I happened to be in my restroom and boom I instantly looked at my sink and I had two lil Buddha heads on them. I never knew they were Buddha heads because I never practiced Buddhism before. I just bought them years ago for aesthetic purpose for a relaxation vibe God will open your eyes if you ask him to. I thank God for his Grace I immediately through them out it’s so crazy how we can over look things it’s been in my new home for over a year now so mind blowing.

I don’t believe meditation is wrong. A lot of Christian people actually meditate.

Thank you for that. Many many years ago when our children were young (I’m 71), we went to Egypt where I had always secretly wanted to go. How we got there was amazing. We had a wonderful time, the people were so kind and helpful and we ended up in a papyrus shop. One of the paintings was so beautiful and called “the river of life”, nothing outwardly offensive. Long story short it was on our lounge wall and of course everyone admired it. Then some years later we had a physical manifestation of a demon which was attacking our daughter. Help! The church sent a man who had been doing “house cleaning”, for many years. He walked in the door and took one look at the painting and told me to take it off the wall now. I got up on the sofa and as I reached for the painting it came off the wall at me! Even took some plaster off the wall. I got a very big freight. Each of our three children had been given a papyrus with their names supposedly written on them. I had bought a translation of the words, not one read the names or made any sense. I was a new Christian at this point and thought no more about it. He told me to rip up the papyruses and I couldn’t- they physically burnt my hands. There were several other things that needed to go including a 9ct gold ring with a beautiful citrine stone. All of these things cost a lot of money and didn’t manifest immediately but over time. It took 3 days to get rid of this big ugly demon that was sitting in my daughter’s room. I can’t answer why it took so long but I looked it in the eye and knew my ministry. Please listen to what this beautiful young lady has said. Yoga in particular is such an in thing and is the biggest deception of all. Since this I have been used by God to do house cleaning here in South Africa and when I’ve visited the UK. The Bible says “my people perish through lack of knowledge”. If you have watched this video and ignore what she has said then I’m very sorry for you. The price you pay is high. I know. Love and blessings in Jesus Christ’s name.

To me, all the items Ruocca lists are obvious to get rid of. But they do need to be mentioned. I used to be kind of a hippie and I got rid of anything and everything hippie-related, like iye dye shirts and hippie music and anything hippie-related because they represent drug and alcohol use and things created from an altered state of mind. But this video is wonderful. I don't know why anyone would condemn it. It's information that needs to get out there to those that might be clueless.

You are mistaken. A dream catcher in the modern day is merely a symbol of our cultural heritage. Most Native Americans are Christian (like myself) or atheists, very few practice the old ways.