Idolatry

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFCC00" TEXT="#080000" background="5e280803.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TSR: YOUR BIBLICAL GUIDE"><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.betarecords.com/artist.php?artist=thesignalreceivers" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.betarecords.com/artist.php?ar"><U>HAMM  RADIO</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:thesignalreceivers@betarecords.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:thesignalreceivers@betarecords.co"><U><IMG SRC="a5611120.gif" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>TSR: YOUR BIBLICAL GUIDE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>deity (noun)</B></div> <div> deity, god, goddess, deva, devi</div> <div> the gods, the Immortals</div> <div> <B>Olympian</B><B>, </B><B>Olympian deity</B></div> <div> the unknown god, pagan god, false god, idol</div> <div> godling, petty god, inferior god, subordinate god, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >lesser deity</FONT></div> <div> demigod, half-god, divine hero, deified person, divine king</div> <div> object of worship, fetish, totem, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >idol</FONT></div> <div> mumbo jumbo</div> <div> theogony</div> <div> pantheon</div> <bR> <div> Other Forms</div> <div> divineness<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: divineness, divinity, deity</FONT></div> <div> idol<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: golden calf, deity</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Emotion, religion and morality: Religion: Idolatry</div> <bR> <div> <B>idolatry (noun)</B></div> <bR> <div> idolatry, idolatrousness, false worship, superstition, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >worship</FONT></div> <div> heathenism, paganism, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >religion</FONT></div> <div> fetishism, anthropomorphism, zoomorphism</div> <div> iconolatry, image worship</div> <div> idolism, idol worship, idolomania</div> <div> idolomancy, mumbo jumbo, hocus-pocus, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >sorcery</FONT></div> <div> cult, cargo cult</div> <div> sacrifice, human sacrifice, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >oblation</FONT></div> <div> heliolatry, sun worship</div> <div> star worship, Sabaism</div> <div> pyrolatry, fire worship</div> <div> zoolatry, animal worship</div> <div> ophiolatry, snake worship</div> <div> necrolatry, <B>worship of the dead</B>, demonolatry, devil worship, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >diabolism</FONT></div> <div> Mammonism, <B>worship of wealth</B></div> <div> bibliolatry, ecclesiolatry</div> <bR> <div> Other Forms</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >exteriority</FONT>: externalism, <B>regard for externals</B>, idolatry</div> <div> <B>ignorance</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: savagery, heathenism, paganism, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> image<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: idol, graven image, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> love<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: worship, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >praise</FONT>: compliment, high compliment, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, glorification, adulation, idolatry, <B>flattery</B></div> <div> wickedness<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: devil worship, diabolism, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> religion<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: paganism, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> irreligion<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: false religion, heathenism, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >impiety</FONT>: <B>misdirected devotion</B>, idolatry</div> <div> cult<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: false worship, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> temple<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: joss house, teocalli, idolatry</FONT></div> <div> <B>Idolatry</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Idolatry</B>, worship of <B>a material image </B>believed to embody a divine personality. The concept of idolatry originated in confrontations between <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Judaism</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Christianity</FONT>, and <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Islam</FONT> and the polytheistic religions they encountered during their development. It was first articulated during early clashes between ancient Israel and the pagan cults of surrounding peoples. In the Old Testament, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Jehovah</FONT> forbids worshiping foreign gods and <B>creating images </B>to represent him. Hebrew prophets repeatedly denounced the persistent tendency of the Israelites to revert to the religious practices <B>of surrounding peoples.</B></div> <div> Early Christians confronted idolatry in the prevalence of <B>Greco-Roman temples, altars, and images</B>. Those who refused to offer sacrifices to the emperor's image were subject to charges of treason. Arab tribes of the pre-Islamic era worshiped many gods and objects, including stones, trees, and statuettes. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Muhammad</FONT>, however, had all the idols of the Kaaba destroyed in his presence, and the <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Koran</FONT> contains many prohibitions against idols and idolatry.</div> <bR> <div> <B>golden calf</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>golden calf </B>(</FONT>g<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#C6353B" FACE="Bookshelf Symbol 1" >Ö</FONT>l<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#C6353B" FACE="Bookshelf Symbol 1" >¹</FONT>d<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#C6353B" FACE="Bookshelf Symbol 1" >e</FONT>n k<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#C6353B" FACE="Bookshelf Symbol 1" >à</FONT>f<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >) <I>noun</I></FONT></div> <div> <B>1.</B>     A golden image of a sacrificial calf fashioned by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites.</div> <div> <B>a.</B> <B>Money as an object of worship; mammon</B>. <B>b.</B> <B>The subject of intense veneration: </B><I><B>“Arms control . . . has evolved </B></I><B>[into]</B><I><B> the golden calf of liberalism</B></I><I>”</I> (Patrick J. Buchanan).</div> <bR> <div> <B>idol (noun)</B></div> <div> <B>idol, statue, </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>sculpture</B></FONT></div> <div> image, graven image, molten image</div> <div> cult image, fetish, totem pole</div> <div> lingam, yoni</div> <div> <B>golden calf</B>, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >deity</FONT></div> <div> godling, joss</div> <div> teraphim, lares et penates, totem</div> <div> Mumbo-Jumbo</div> <div> Juggernaut, <B>Baal</B>, Moloch</div> <bR> <div> Other Forms</div> <div> <B>image</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>: idol, graven image, idolatry</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>exceller</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>: star, idol, favorite</B></FONT></div> <div> a beauty<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: belle, raving beauty, reigning beauty, toast, idol, favorite</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >desired object</FONT>: <B>lion, idol, cynosure, favorite</B></div> <div> <B>person of repute</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>: pop singer, idol, favorite</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >loved one</FONT>: idol, <B>hero</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >favorite</FONT>: idol, pop idol, hero, <B>heroine</B>, golden girl or boy</div> <div> deity<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: the unknown god, pagan god, false god, idol</FONT></div> <div> deity<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: object of worship, fetish, totem, idol</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>IDOLATRY</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WICKED PRACTICES OF</B></div> <div> <B>Human sacrifices</B></div> <div> #Le 18:21  20:2-5  De 12:31  18:10  2Ki 3:26,27  16:3 #2Ki 17:17,18  21:6  23:10  2Ch 28:3  33:6  Ps 106:37,38 #Isa 57:5  Jer 7:31  19:4-7  32:35  Eze 16:20,21  20:26,31 Eze 23:37,39  Mic 6:7</div> <div> <B>Practices of, relating to the dead</B></div> <div> #De 14:1</div> <div> <B>Licentiousness of *</B></div> <div> #Ex 32:6,25  Nu 25:1-3  1Ki 14:24  15:12  2Ki 17:30  23:7 #Eze 16:17  23:1-44  Ho 4:12-14  Am 2:8  Mic 1:7 #Ro 1:24,26,27  1Co 10:7,8  1Pe 4:3,4 Re 2:14,20-22  9:20,21 14:8  17:1-6</div> <bR> <div> OTHER CUSTOMS OF</div> <div> <B>Offered burnt offerings</B></div> <div> #Ex 32:6  1Ki 18:26  Ac 14:13</div> <div> <B>Libations</B></div> <div> #Isa 57:6  65:11  Jer 7:18  19:13  32:29  44:17,19,25 Eze  20:28</div> <div> <B>Libations of wine</B></div> <div> #De 32:38</div> <div> <B>Libations of blood</B></div> <div> #Ps 16:4  Zec 9:7</div> <div> <B>Meat offerings</B></div> <div> #Isa 57:6  Jer 7:18  44:17  Eze 16:19</div> <div> <B>Peace offerings</B></div> <div> #Ex 32:6</div> <div> <B>Incense burned on altars</B></div> <div> #1Ki 12:33  2Ch 30:14  34:25  Isa 65:3  Jer 1:16 Jer 11:12,17  44:3  48:35  Eze 16:18  23:41  Ho 11:2</div> <div> <B>Prayers to idols</B></div> <div> #Jud 10:14  Isa 44:17  45:20  46:7  Jon 1:5</div> <div> <B>Praise</B></div> <div> #Jud 16:24  Da 5:4</div> <div> <B>Singing and dancing</B></div> <div> #Ex 32:18,19</div> <div> <B>Music</B></div> <div> #Da 3:5-7</div> <div> <B>Cutting the flesh</B></div> <div> #1Ki 18:28  Jer 41:5</div> <div> <B>Kissing</B></div> <div> #1Ki 19:18  Ho 13:2  Job 31:27</div> <div> <B>Bowing</B></div> <div> #1Ki 19:18  2Ki 5:18</div> <div> Tithes and gifts</div> <div> #2Ki 23:11  Da 11:38  Am 4:4,5</div> <bR> <div> <B>ANNUAL FEASTS</B></div> <div> #1Ki 12:32  Eze 18:6,11,12,15  22:9  Da 3:2,3</div> <bR> <div> <B>OBJECTS OF</B></div> <div> Sun, moon, and stars</div> <div> #De 4:19  2Ki 17:16  21:3,5  2Ch 33:3,5  Job 31:26-28 Jer 7:17-20  8:2  Eze 8:15,16  Zep 1:4,5  Ac 7:42</div> <div> <B>Images of angels</B></div> <div> #Col 2:18</div> <div> <B>Animals</B></div> <div> #Ro 1:23</div> <div> <B>gods of Egypt</B></div> <div> #Ex 12:12</div> <div> <B>Golden calf</B></div> <div> #Ex 32:4</div> <div> <B>Brazen serpent</B></div> <div> #2Ki 18:4</div> <div> <B>Net and drag</B></div> <div> #Hab 1:16</div> <div> Pictures</div> <div> #Nu 33:52  Isa 2:16</div> <div> <B>Pictures on walls</B></div> <div> #Eze 8:10</div> <div> Earrings</div> <div> #Ge 35:4</div> <div> See Naves on Shrine 4539</div> <bR> <div> <B>DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST</B></div> <div> #Ge 35:2  Ex 20:3-6,23  23:13  34:17  Le 19:4  26:1,30 #De 4:15-23,25-28  5:7-9  11:16,17,28  12:31  16:21,22 #De 27:15 28:15-68  30:17,18  31:16-21,29  32:15-26 #1Sa 15:23  1Ki 9:6-9  Job 31:26-28 #Ps 16:4  44:20,21  59:8  79:6  81:9  97:7 #Isa 42:17  45:16  Joe 3:12  Jon 2:8  Mic 5:15 #Hab 1:16  Ac 15:20,29  17:16  Ro 1:25 1Co 6:9,10  8:1-13  10:7,14,20-22  1Jo 5:21  Re 21:8  22:15</div> <div> See Naves on Iconoclasm 2454</div> <bR> <div> <B>WARNINGS AGAINST, AND PUNISHMENTS OF</B></div> <div> #De 17:2-5  2Ch 28:23  Ne 9:27-37  Ps 78:58-64  106:34-42 #Isa 1:29-31  2:6-22  30:22  57:3-13  65:3,4 #Jer 1:15,16  3:1-11  5:1-17  7$  8:1,2,19 #Jer 13:9-27  16$  17:1-6  18:13-15  19$  22:9  32:35  44$  48:8 #Eze 6$  7:19  8:5-18  9$  14:1-14  16$  20$  22:4  23$  44:10-12 #Ho 1:2  2:2-5  4:12-19  5:1-3  8:5-14  9:10  10$  11:2 #Ho 12:11-14  13:1-4  14:8  Am 3:14  4:4,5  5:5 Mic 1:1-9  5:12-14  6:16  Zep 1$  Mal 2:11-13</div> <bR> <div> <B>PROPHECIES RELATING TO</B></div> <div> #Ex 12:12  Nu 33:4  Isa 2:18,20  17:7,8  19:1  21:9  27:9 #Isa 31:7  Jer 10:11,15  51:44,47,52  Eze 43:7-9  Ho 10:2 Mic 5:13  Zep 2:11  Zec 13:2</div> <bR> <div> <B>FOLLY OF</B></div> <div> #Ex 32:20  De 4:28  32:37,38  Jud 6:31  10:14 #1Sa 5:3,4  12:21  1Ki 18:27  2Ki 3:13  19:18 #2Ch 25:15  28:22,23  #Ps 96:5  106:20  115:4,5,8  135:15-18 #Isa 2:8  16:12  36:18  37:19  40:12-26  41:23,24,26-29 #Isa 43:9  44:9-20  45:20  46:1,2,6,7  47:12-15  57:13 #Jer 2:28  10:3-16  11:12  14:22  16:19,20  48:13  51:17 #Da 5:23  Ho 8:5,6  Hab 2:18,19  Zec 10:2 #Ac 14:15  17:22,23,29  Ro 1:22,23 1Co 8:4,5  10:19  12:2  Ga 4:8  Re 9:20</div> <bR> <div> *For <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >#2Ki 17:30</FONT> only, Succothbenoth in the text implies unmentionable</div> <div> licentiousness.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>