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The other forms of worship described in the more ancient books were deemed merely ancient superstitions or misguided foreign religions. [31] Idolaters were no longer making Yahweh jealous by making offerings to foreign gods—rather, they were making offerings to imaginary gods that had no power to reward them with any kind of benefit.
The Biblical prophets Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Hosea referred to Israel's worship of other gods as spiritual adultery: [15] “How I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.” [16] This led to a broken covenant between the Lord and Israel, [17] manifested ...
Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the BaháΚΌí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
Yahwism is the name given by modern scholars to the religion of ancient Israel and Judah. [1] An ancient Semitic religion of the Iron Age, Yahwism was essentially polytheistic and had a pantheon, with various gods and goddesses being worshipped by the Israelites. [2]
[81] Paul identifies the worship of created things (rather than the Creator) as the cause of the disintegration of sexual and social morality in his letter to the Romans. [9] The apostle Peter and the Book of Revelation also refer to the connection between the worship of other gods and sexual sins, whether metaphorically or literally. [82]
The idols argued about which one should eat the offering first, then the largest idol took the stick and smashed all the other idols. Terah responded by saying that they are only statues and have no knowledge. Whereupon Abraham responded by saying that you deny their knowledge, yet you worship them! At this point, Terah took Abraham to Nimrod.
Two Israeli street artists in New York started the project to call attention to those taken hostage. It has become a reminder of how deeply polarizing the war is.
In the case of an image of a saint, the worship would not be latria but rather dulia, while the Blessed Virgin Mary receives hyperdulia. The worship of whatever type, latria, hyperdulia, or dulia, can be considered to go through the icon, image, or statue: "The honor given to an image reaches to the prototype" (St. John Damascene in Summa ³).