This is the time of spring when many begin planning out summer vacations and erases the question.

Over whether or not Christians should visit the touristy shrines of other active religions.

Samuel is a listener who writes in to ask it.

Pastor John can Christians who travel abroad visit the shrines and temples of other religions.

Countries like India, China, Japan, Korea and Thailand have places of worship that are

culturally filled with wonderful art in history.

One argument says that it is a great way to learn more about a culture as long as we

don't participate in the rituals.

However, another argument says that a Christian should stay far away from idol worship and

demonic activity and should not even give a passive acceptance to a false god.

This issue can be extended to visiting more temple and uta or perhaps more controversially,

Roman Catholic cathedrals and basilicas in Europe.

Pastor John, what would you say to Samuel?

I think this is a very appropriate question to ask and I wish more Christians were thoughtful

enough and discerning enough and spiritually concerned enough to even ask the question

instead of just letting their American tourist role or their artistic role or their wanderlust

control their feelings and thoughts so that they do that sort of thing without even asking

those kinds of questions.

I think that's really good that he's asking.

We are to do everything we do for the glory of God in the name of Jesus.

It is a sign of terrible cultural captivity and spiritual obliviousness.

If a Christian can go to a shrine of another religion and not feel both the heartbreak

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