What I mean here is the actual worship of idols and not the use of an idol as a representation of God.
2007-06-14 02:27:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Jewish have symbols such as the Star of David, the Menorah, Mesuzas, and other Jewish Symbols. Do they worship these symbols, or are they just symbols to their faith. They pray toward the wailing wall in Jerusalem, are they praying to the wall, or what it represent. They do not.
The Christians have the Cross, which symbols the suffering of Jesus for man kind, the status of saints, which is representation of them, not worship.
The Muslims pray toward Mecca, and once a year they preform the haj in which they circle around the Kaaba seven times, and try to touch the stone that they believe fell in front of Adams feet so long ago. Are they worshiping those pieces of stones, Hajar El-asswad, Black rocks. Also, they through seven rocks at a callim that represent the demon! How about through seven rocks at Satan during haj! I don't think so, but for the outsider it appears as if they are.
There is no reference to worship of idols in the Vedas. The Puranas and the Agamas give descriptions of idol-worship both in the houses and in the temples. Idol-worship is not peculiar to Hinduism. Christians worship the Cross. They have the image of the Cross in their mind. The Mohammedans keep the image of the Kaba stone when they kneel and do prayers. The people of the whole world, save a few Yogis and Vedantins, are all worshippers of idols. They keep some image or the other in the mind.
The mental image also is a form of idol. The difference is not one of kind, but only one of degree. All worshippers, however intellectual they may be, generate a form in the mind and make the mind dwell on that image.
2007-06-14 04:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by sinafaith 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Some people put their church before God. Everything is about the church or their denomination. I’d call that an idol.
Some get so caught up in following a charismatic leader that it becomes all about that leader’s beliefs. I’d call that idol worship.
Anything that distracts you from God is a false idol because that person or thing becomes more important than a relationship with God.
2007-06-14 02:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An idol by it's very definition is an object used as a representaiton of God. So yeah, most religions do. Cept muslims. Even Christians do. The Crusifix is a representation of Jesus people pray to
2007-06-14 02:32:57 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess Nikki 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree - that's STILL AN IDOL!
ALL RELIGIONS worship some form of an IDOL!
2007-06-14 06:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by BeLOVED 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazing that in this day and age with all of the information out there that there are still a few, hard headed, or mis-guided people that either really believe that Catholics worship Idols or just want to mis-represent our faith.
For what Catholics REALLY believe,
Check here:
www.Catholic.com or
www.Catholic.org or
Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Peace!
2007-06-14 02:38:05 · answer #5 · answered by C 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Consumerism
2007-06-14 02:30:31 · answer #6 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear horribly misinformed or bigoted posters who said Catholic: You are incorrect.
He states he is talking about the ACTUAL WORSHIP of idols. Catholics do not do this.
2007-06-14 02:40:58 · answer #7 · answered by Vernacular Catholic 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Capitalism.
2007-06-14 02:31:55 · answer #8 · answered by Seeking answers in Him 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what word smiths you all are. building any idol be it a respresentation of god or not. to put one of gods creations before god is also an idol but people carry around crosses and hoist them up and pray through it which is a form idol worship . some religions believe god is in his creations such as hinduism, christianity, buddhism,
there once was a boy who worked at a place where idols were built one night he snuck in and smashed all but one and left a hammer by the one he did not smash. all of the villagers came the next day full of rage went and found the boy and asked him why he did this horrific thing, the boy said it was not me and pointed to the remain idol and said he did it, the villagers all declared that is impossible it has no power it cannot move so the boy asked why do you worship this then the villagers exclaimed your right young man we were wrong then a man in the back yelled out we don't worship this idol we worship through it. this story also reminds me of when moses brought the commandments to the jewish people. they claimed they where worshiping through the idol
an idol is an idol and is against God's decree
2007-06-14 03:00:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 9⤋
Buddhism.
2007-06-14 02:34:44 · answer #10 · answered by moanalisa 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋