Idolatry is the worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were a deity. In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí...
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Idolatry in Judaism is prohibited. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic...
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Sikhism prohibits idolatry, in accordance with mainstream Khalsa norms and the teachings of the Sikh Gurus, a position that has been accepted as orthodox...
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The Orville season 1 (redirect from Mad Idolatry)
Mad Idolatry (1LAB13) 1:09 23. "Emergency Landing" Joel McNeely Mad Idolatry (1LAB13) 3:41 24. "Searching the Planet" Joel McNeely Mad Idolatry (1LAB13)...
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Paradise Lost (section Idolatry)
to which idolatry, over time, will inevitably adhere." Even if the idea is pure in nature, Milton thought it would unavoidably lead to idolatry simply because...
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Religious images in Christian theology (redirect from Idolatry in Christianity)
has often been a contentious issue in Christian history. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity...
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image (category Idolatry)
passage contains a complete definition of idolatry, the subject is addressed in numerous passages, so that idolatry may be summarized as the strange worship...
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Saving the Appearances (redirect from Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry)
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry, a book by British philosopher Owen Barfield, is concerned with physics, the evolution of consciousness, pre-history...
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Extirpator of Idolatries (Spanish: Extirpador de idolatrías) is a 2014 Peruvian thriller drama film written and directed by Manuel Siles, completed in...
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Shirk (Islam) (redirect from Shirk (idolatry))
شِرْك, lit. 'polytheism') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association [with God]'...
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Influence of Western culture in the Soviet Union (redirect from Idolatry of the West)
Western culture influenced Soviet life and culture in many ways. From the 1950s until the 1980s this influence was manifested in a widespread fascination...
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Prohibition of idolatry is the central tenet of the Abrahamic religions and the sin of worshipping another god other than the Lord is called idolatry. Historically...
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such as Reformed Christianity, where the practice is considered a form of idolatry. A saint can be assigned as a patron by a venerable tradition, or chosen...
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adherents to renounce all other gods, a practice adopted from Judaism (see Idolatry). The Christians' refusal to join pagan celebrations meant they were unable...
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even if early Jewish Christians, invoking the Decalogue's prohibition of idolatry, avoided figures in their symbols. The cross, today one of the most widely...
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religious places of significance for fear that it may give rise to 'shirk' (idolatry), and the most significant historic Muslim sites (in Mecca and Medina)...
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subject called in art the Idolatry of Solomon, the foreign wives are depicted as leading Solomon away from Yahweh toward idolatry because they worshiped...
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The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam is a 1999 book in the field of Quranic studies published by G. R. Hawting. The book explores the Quranic...
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Avodah Zarah (Hebrew: עבודה זרה, or "foreign worship", meaning "idolatry" or "strange service") is the name of a tractate of the Talmud, located in Nezikin...
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6, 2011. Dykoski, Rachel (November 1, 2008). "Book note: Presidential idolatry is "Bad for Democracy"". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved November 11...
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competitions has been criticised by some Christian thinkers as a form of idolatry, in which "human beings extol themselves, adore themselves, sacrifice themselves...
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is someone who publicly entices many into idolatry. An enticer to idolatry may be both. Enticement to idolatry in Judaism is a capital offence under the...
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Yetzer hara (section Idolatry)
Chaim (2018). "The End of an Age: Idolatry as an Obsolete Superstition". God versus Gods: Judasim in the Age of Idolatry. Mosaica Press. pp. 244–276. ISBN 978-1946351463...
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Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. Subsequently...
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"Vedas, Puranas, Tantras, Reformed sects" of India as well as "Brahminical idolatry", Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Lamaism, "religion of China and Japan", and...
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Jacob would struggle to come out; whenever she would pass a house of idolatry, Esau would agitate to come out. Thinking that she was carrying one baby...
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He is best known as the author of Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry and as a founding father of Anthroposophy in the English speaking world...
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gluttony, whereas Francis Barrett asserted that Beelzebub was the prince of idolatry. Not only had the Pharisees disparagingly accused Jesus of using Beelzebub's...
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For a Covetous Man to inveigh against Prodigality, an Atheist against Idolatry, a Tyrant against Rebellion, or a Lyer against Forgery, and a Drunkard...
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an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship, while idolatry is the worship of an "idol" as though it were God. The use of images in...
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