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André Wink (1997). Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World. BRILL Academic. pp.317–324. ISBN 978-90-04-10236-1. Both reason and experience reveal to us that these false gods can never reach the claims of the true God, if for no other reason than that they are to transitoy and short lived to satisfy the ultimate longings hunger of the human soul. They might satisfy some temporary desires, but ultimately man can not live by bread alone. 5 And so long as he places his [ ultimate?] faith in these temporal finite gods he will walk through the valleyes of life distorted ambitions and frustrated hopes. Boria Sax (2001). The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature. ABC-CLIO. pp.48–49. ISBN 978-1-57607-612-5. James Noyes (2013). The Politics of Iconoclasm: Religion, Violence and the Culture of Image-Breaking in Christianity and Islam. Tauris. pp.31–37. ISBN 978-0-85772-288-1. During and after the imposition of Catholic Christianity during Spanish colonialism, the Incan people retained their original beliefs in deities through syncretism, where they overlay the Christian God and teachings over their original beliefs and practices. [206] [207] [208] The male deity Inti became accepted as the Christian God, but the Andean rituals centered around idolatry of Incan deities have been retained and continued thereafter into the modern era by the Incan people. [208] [209] Polynesia [ edit ]

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a b c d e f g h Janowitz, Naomi (2007). "Good Jews Don't: Historical and Philosophical Constructions of Idolatry". History of Religions. 47 (2/3): 239–252. doi: 10.1086/524212. S2CID 170216039. Main articles: Idolatry in Judaism and Aniconism in Judaism A 1768 synagogue parchment with the Ten Commandments by Jekuthiel Sofer. Among other things, it prohibits idolatry [49] Those who worship the god of pleasure fail to see that the Epicurean creed may be wrong. Maybe it not be that tomorow we dont really die. May it not be that this life is but an embryonic prelude to a new awaking. Maybe death is not a period which ends this sentence of life, but a coma that punctuates it to more loftier significanceThen the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again. But when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. And the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. read more. Then Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” read more. The term false god is often used throughout the Abrahamic scriptures ( Torah, Tanakh, Bible, and Quran) to compare Yahweh [214] (interpreted by Jews, Samaritans, and Christians) or Elohim/ Allah [215] (interpreted by Muslims) as the only true God. [4] Nevertheless, the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament itself recognizes and reports that originally the Israelites were not monotheists but actively engaged in idolatry and worshipped many foreign, non-Jewish Gods besides Yahweh and/or instead of him, [216] such as Baal, Astarte, Asherah, Chemosh, Dagon, Moloch, Tammuz, and more, and continued to do so until their return from the Babylonian exile [214] (see Ancient Hebrew religion). Judaism, the oldest Abrahamic religion, eventually shifted into a strict, exclusive monotheism, [5] based on the sole veneration of Yahweh, [217] [218] [219] the predecessor to the Abrahamic conception of God. [Note 2] The False God of Pleasure: CSKC-INP, Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands, Sermon Files, folder 48 DiBernardo, Sabatino (2008). "American Idol(atry): A Religious Profanation". The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. 19 (1): 1–2. doi: 10.3138/jrpc.19.1.001. , Quote: "Idolatry (...) in the first commandment denotes the notion of worship, adoration, or reverence of an image of God."

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Christopher John Fuller states that an image in Hinduism cannot be equated with a deity and the object of worship is the divine whose power is inside the image, and the image is not the object of worship itself, Hindus believe everything is worthy of worship as it contains divine energy. [142] The idols are neither random nor intended as superstitious objects, rather they are designed with embedded symbolism and iconographic rules which sets the style, proportions, the colors, the nature of items the images carry, their mudra and the legends associated with the deity. [142] [143] [144] The Vāstusūtra Upaniṣad states that the aim of the murti art is to inspire a devotee towards contemplating the Ultimate Supreme Principle ( Brahman). [144] This text adds (abridged):

Epicurus (341-270 BCE), a Hellenistic philosopher, taught that the essence of life was the attainment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. Louis Jordan (1908-1975) was a jazz and blues musician. According to Eric Reinders, icons and idolatry have been an integral part of Buddhism throughout its later history. [122] Buddhists, from Korea to Vietnam, Thailand to Tibet, Central Asia to South Asia, have long produced temples and idols, altars and malas, relics to amulets, images to ritual implements. [122] [123] [124] The images or relics of Buddha are found in all Buddhist traditions, but they also feature gods and goddesses such as those in Tibetan Buddhism. [122] [125] If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the Lord your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, by transgressing His covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded, and if it is told you and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire thoroughly. Behold, if it is true and the thing certain that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, read more. The earliest historic records confirming cult images are from the ancient Egyptian civilization, thereafter related to the Greek civilization. [36] By the 2nd millennium BC two broad forms of cult image appear, in one images are zoomorphic (god in the image of animal or animal-human fusion) and in another anthropomorphic (god in the image of man). [32] The former is more commonly found in ancient Egypt influenced beliefs, while the anthropomorphic images are more commonly found in Indo-European cultures. [36] [37] Symbols of nature, useful animals or feared animals may also be included by both. The stelae from 4,000 to 2,500 BC period discovered in France, Ireland through Ukraine, and in Central Asia through South Asia, suggest that the ancient anthropomorphic figures included zoomorphic motifs. [37] In Nordic and Indian subcontinent, bovine (cow, ox, -*gwdus, -*g'ou) motifs or statues, for example, were common. [38] [39] In Ireland, iconic images included pigs. [40] It is an old dream, as old as the Garden of Eden with its luscious forbidden fruit so pleasing to the eye. It was the fascinating dream of the hedonist. Epicurus built for it a cautious prudent philosophy. It has been presented in the lacelike poetry of Omar Khayyam. He says “Take the cash and let the credit go, nor heed the rumble of a distant drum.” 8 He goes on to say:“A book of Verses undeneath the Bough, a Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and thou” 9

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Cf. Judges 2:12-13: “And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.” Mankey, J. (2022). The Witches' Sabbath: An Exploration of History, Folklore & Modern Practice. Llewellyn Worldwide, Limited. p.24. ISBN 978-0-7387-6717-8 . Retrieved 14 March 2023. Those who worship the god of science fail to see that this god only furnishes us with the material means by which we live never with the spiritual ends for which we live. Those who worship the god of science money fail to see that this god can only satisfy our material necessities. But man is more than a dog to be satisfied by a few economic bones. Those great intangible values which are so basic to the human soul cannot be bought with money. Bhakti (called Bhatti in Pali) has been a common practice in Theravada Buddhism, where offerings and group prayers are made to Cetiya and particularly images of Buddha. [126] [127] Karel Werner notes that Bhakti has been a significant practice in Theravada Buddhism, and states, "there can be no doubt that deep devotion or bhakti / bhatti does exist in Buddhism and that it had its beginnings in the earliest days". [128]John F. Thornton; Susan B. Varenne (2006). Steward of God's Covenant: Selected Writings. Random House. p.11. ISBN 978-1-4000-9648-0. ; Some Hindu movements founded during the colonial era, such as the Arya Samaj and Satya Mahima Dharma reject idolatry. [146] [147] [148] Jainism [ edit ] Gomateshwara Bahubali statue in Jainism. Protestants often accuse Catholics of idolatry, iconolatry, and even paganism; in the Protestant Reformation such language was common to all Protestants. In some cases, such as the Puritan groups denounced all forms of religious objects, regardless of whether it was a statue or sculpture, or image, including the Christian cross. [95] The Waldensians were accused of idolatry by inquisitors. [96] Exodus 32 is a sobering passage. It makes clear that a worshiper’s intentions are irrelevant when their worship isn’t obedient to the clear instruction of God’s Word. Creativity is a wonderful gift; but we can’t use it to come up with novel ways to approach a holy Lord. We may only come through Christ. We may only know God through his revelation to us, not our inventions or improvements. Related Articles What does it mean that the Israelites were full and had grown fat (Deuteronomy 31:20)?

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Religious worship is not directed to images in themselves, considered as mere things, but under their distinctive aspect as images leading us on to God incarnate. The movement toward the image does not terminate in it as image, but tends toward that whose image it is. [79] Arthur P. Urbano (2013). The Philosophical Life. Catholic University of America Press. pp.212–213 with footnotes 25–26. ISBN 978-0-8132-2162-5.Gary Waller (2013). Walsingham and the English Imagination. Ashgate. p.153. ISBN 978-1-4094-7860-7. a b Barry Kogan (1992). Proceedings of the Academy for Jewish Philosophy. University Press of America. pp.169–170. ISBN 978-0-8191-7925-8. Barbara Roggema (2009). The Legend of Sergius Bahira: Eastern Christian Apologetics and Apocalyptic in Response to Islam. BRILL Academic. pp.204–205. ISBN 978-90-04-16730-8. Source: On Worshiping False Gods: CSKC-INP, Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands, Sermon Files, folder 45 John Bowker (2005). "Idolatry". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acref/9780192800947.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-861053-3.