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Definition of Idolatry

Idolatry

  1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
  2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.

Idolatry Quotations

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.
George Bernard Shaw

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
Pope John Paul II

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John Calvin

And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.
Sharron Angle

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
William Wordsworth
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Idolatry Translations

idolatry in Dutch is afgoderij, afgodendienst
idolatry in Swedish is avgudadyrkan, avguderi

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