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1. Crucifixes
2. Expensive cars and lifestyles of religious leaders
3. Holy pictures
4. Religious advertising
5. Religious buildings
6. religious clothing
7. religious involvement in politics
8. Religious money -grubbing
9. Religious slogans on money
10. Televangelists
Food to think about.
I believe anything can become an Idol when we place it above it's actual value. Worship need not involve ritual, in my opinion. It can be the sacrificing of all other things to either gain or serve it. The common one's I see are:
Unneeded Wealth
Inflated ego
Entertainment Beyond that needed for relaxation
Sexual excesses
Drugs
Excessive Food
Prejudices
One's own self
Celebrities
Nationalism
None of which are idols in themselves but can become so through our attitudes.
I believe anything can become an Idol when we place it above it's actual value. Worship need not involve ritual, in my opinion. It can be the sacrificing of all other things to either gain or serve it. The common one's I see are:
Unneeded Wealth
Inflated ego
Entertainment Beyond that needed for relaxation
Sexual excesses
Drugs
Excessive Food
Prejudices
One's own self
Celebrities
Nationalism
None of which are idols in themselves but can become so through our attitudes.
I'm curious what you mean by Entertainment beyond that needed for relaxation. Why should relaxing entertainment get a pass?
I'm curious what you mean by Entertainment beyond that needed for relaxation. Why should relaxing entertainment get a pass?
Entertainment (Relaxation) is pretty much a necessity of life. It keeps us from over extending ourselves. Moderate entertainment would/could be things like the internet, reading for pleasure, a day off on a picnic etc. A break in routine to help us rest. But it can become an idol when we make it a goal.
It is beginning to look that 'Idol' is becoming another 'blunderbuss' word with a lot of applications. In the OP it was more specifically false gods which God does not approve of and then moved on to some things whichare rivals to our (expected) devotion to religious things.
Now it seems that it is becoming any particular kind of thing or hobby or interest that attracts our particular devotion. While I don't myself spend my time restoring steam trains or classic cars, I can see why to some they are particular 'Idols' and their devotion to such objects is ok by me. Provided that I'm not treated as somehow a lesser mortal for having other interests. Pity the same doesn't apply to some devotees of religion.
Hatred is such a self-deprecating and self-destructive emotion, and this god of yours really seems to be very focused on hate. Perhaps counseling would be in order
The spirit of antichrist brings his mark of the beast which a mark of the forehead which is an idol of devaluing people with ideas of wealth in his mind from the forehead , then there is the mark on the right hand which is the heart hand which will devalue people with ideas of wealth in deeds from the works of the hand , which is idols against the commands of Jesus Christ , which is to love the Lord God and to love all people who is the neighbors .....Then there is a spirit of the dragon which will go against those who keep the command of Jesus and have a testimony of Jesus Christ, ...and another spirit of the false prophet which brings ideas which to devalue and change the character and plan of Jesus in the earth ..... All three of these dark spirit who bring idols to the earth Jesus said that one day He will have to witness His Holy Angels destroying these three dark spirits and their authority......So one day God will get rid of idols..
IMO the bible and commentaries are pretty near the top of the list
Anything that takes the place of GOD is an idol... even the Bible can be an idol when we don't read what it says that the physical counts for nothing but the Spirit gives life...
Gosh, you two are so near moving onto the next stage of binning Idolatry - not just the books, and icons and dogmas and building and folderol, but the religions themselves - and move onto non- religious theism.
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