idolatry

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Another Idol has Displaced Me

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 6 Jul 23

Do you believe that sending in your life savings to a televangelist preacher will buy you a place in heaven? Does a TV preacher with several multimillion-dollar homes, dozen of luxury cars, and a private jet desperately need the...

prosperity gospel

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Worship Belongs To God Alone

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 30 Jan 21

Idolatry is wrong, whoever or whatever said idol may be. It is fine to admire someone, to respect them, but I would never WORSHIP anyone but God. Humans are fallible CREATURES, we should never attempt to steal glory from our...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 23 Feb 18

Day 9 Hosea 9 Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast been unfaithful to thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every corn floor. 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Thirty One - Jacob Escapes Laban

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Sep 17

Having systematically taken Laban (his father in law’s sheep and goat herds as his own, Jacob realizes that Laban is wising up to what has been going on. He knows that Laban’s own sons know what he has been up to, and Laban is now...

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Idolatry

Joseph Ruita @jbaraka (252) • Nairobi, Kenya 26 Dec 15

Been away for a while. Reflecting on the times. Seeking God's counsel on the things Christians we taking for granted. I was studying the origin of X-mas, the X-mas tree, Santa clause and many more. The result is just shocking....

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What Is Wrong with Worshiping Idols?

Chiang_Mai_boy @Chiang_Mai_boy (3882) • Thailand 11 Feb 11

Idolatry and worshiping more than one god seem to be the two major sins of the Abrahamic religions. What is wrong with these practices. They do not seem to harm anyone or the community in general so why should they be condemned?

more than one god

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Thats not Jesus you are praying too its Cesare Borgia

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 15 Jun 10

That's right the most popular idolatry image ever made that people have been praying to actually belongs to a violent man who was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI. Some argue that there are depictions that predate this...

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Our salvation is for sale now?!

pickoy @pickoy (733) • Philippines 6 May 09

Last Sunday after attending a mass, a woman approached me, and she was selling this necklaces with the Virgin Mary and Jesus back to back. Well at first she forcefully held me on my shoulder asking me to wear it and to pay for it....

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Religious fanatics, are you the one.....?

mobhomeir @mobhomeir (7558) • Philippines 9 Jan 09

How will you call these high socialite and prominent people kneeling wooden images, kissing it, caressing it and even parading it around the city. Adoring the images. Don't they know that some portion of that made wooden images...

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Worshiping phisical remains of saints = idolatry?

Khayam @Khayam (346) • Romania 20 Nov 08

Most of the Catholic and Ortodox Churches have a reliquary, a container for relics (most of the times, phisical remains of saints, pieces of clothing, or other objects associated with holy figures) that functions as a...

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>>>Hero Worship is Idolotry<<<

TheCarter @TheCarter (369) • United States 12 Jul 08

Now we know that Jesus is the author and finisher of my faith. What would you do if a person said to you that the constant celebration of Jesus could be considered as hero worship? How would you respond?

How can you tell if its really true love that your feeling?

nilouette @nilouette (632) • Philippines 12 Mar 08

Maybe its just an infatuation or admiration or idolatry, how can you be so sure about it?

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Lottery and Idolatry

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 19 Jan 08

When people ask me about lottery and idolatry, i am sometimes at a loss for words to answer back. But my father in law cut out this article from our local newspaper called the Philippine Star and he gave the clipping to me. I...

winning numbers

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The second commandment

rrargh @rrargh (96) • Philippines 8 May 07

I was raised in a Catholic school up until my teens. As such, I was made to memorize the Ten Commandments. This is the list I grew up with. 1) I am the Lord your God. You shall not have any other gods besides me. 2) You shall...

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