what is idol worshipping?

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no disrespect intended

Answer 1

The only one who deserves and has the right to be served is God Almighty, Jehovah. As true Christians we must address our prayers only to God through Jesus Christ, the mediator.

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus." -- 1 Timothy 2:5

"And you must take good care of your souls, because you did not see any form on the day of Jehovah’s speaking to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire, that you may not act ruinously and may not really make for yourselves a carved image, the form of any symbol, the representation of male or female, the representation of any beast that is in the earth, the representation of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, the representation of anything moving on the ground, the representation of any fish that is in the waters under the earth; and that you may not raise your eyes to the heavens and indeed see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of the heavens, and actually get seduced and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah your God has apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens." -- Deuteronomy 4:15-19


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Answer 2

Idol worship is giving your 'best' effort, attention, time to some 'thing' to the exclusion of/or minimizing your worship of God. An idol does not necessarily have to be a tangible item that a person bows down to or prays to. Money/riches can be an idol. Sports, either as a spectator or participant, can be an idol. The Bible mentions 'setting a table to the goddess of luck' (Gambling). A person can even become their own idol, being totally self-centered and selfish. Then there are still the commonly accepted 'idols' the carved images that some offer prayers and devotion to. (Calling them 'icon's' doesn't change what they are) Nationalism is a form of idolatry or to even be overly concerned with recreational pursuits. Many things constitute a form of idolatry.

Answer 3

idolatry is the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God

Idolatry is a major sin in the Abrahamic religions regarding image. In Judaism and Christianity it is defined as worship of an image, idea or object, as opposed to the worship of a supreme being. ...


What is the origin of all this iconoclasm? Why is idol worship bad? On thinking things through, I can only find two reasons: one, that worshipping an idol implies an unreasoning blind faith. Two, that it is a marketing tactic to differentiate one's religion from another faith that has gone before.


Here is the definition of the world 'idol' from the American Heritage Dictionary on the web:

1. An image used as an object of worship, a false god
2. One that is adored, often blindly or excessively
3. Something visible but without substance

Answer 4

Historically, it meant believing that a deity actually resided within a statue and worshipping that statue.

Today, some people use the term to refer to people using any sort of image in their worship, even though they are not worshipping the item.

Some people here have also used it to refer to the worshipping of false gods irregardless if an object (i.e. an idol) is involved, which just doesn't make any gramatical sense.

Answer 5

it is concentrating the Supreme in an idol and showing your love on It and you can invoke the blessings of the Divine through that Idols.It is a very big subject and cannot be told briefly here.Moreover,I dont know from which caste you are and with what intention you are asking.
There is no difference between God and an Idol in a temple.There are many scriptures which talks about Mantras and the Idols are invoked with Prana,a great force and the invoking are done by Great people or saints.Even Great Saints like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa reached great heights in spirituality by worshipping the idol of Kali.

Answer 6

most believe that idol worshiping is an act of actually bowing down before a statue or figure and praying to it. that was mostly the case in the old testament when many would bow down to gods and forsake the true GOD. today is somewhat similar but instead of acutal statues or figures, we idolize and worship money, relationships. position, even ourselves over GOD. this is basically idol worshiping, deeming anything in our life more important then our relationship to GOD.

Answer 7

A.Idol worship is a vast sweeping category of badness that human beings must not engage in.

B. Idol worship is sometimes referred to as “star worshiping,” because the original concept of idol worship began thousands of years ago when people began worshiping stars in the sky instead of G-d Himself. They figured, “Well, if G-d created them to demonstrate His power, they must be quite powerful themselves!” And they would stand outdoors at night and worship the stars as mighty knights of G-d. From outdoor ceremonies it went to indoor ceremonies, and from indoor ceremonies it went to indoor ceremonies using stone or wooden symbols of the stars and their “powers,” which were worshiped as “representatives” of the stars. Over the years, the stars were gradually forgotten, and the symbols themselves began to be viewed as self-contained powers in their own right, creating the concept of idols and idol worship. Ceremonies ever increasing in complexity were built up around the idols and their indoor housings, and they soon spawned whole cultures, which regularly worshiped these man-made physical objects as gods.

C. What does idol worship mean today? Idol worship begins in the mind—it starts with an incorrect perception of G-d. It says you can turn an abstract (G-d) into a concrete (or wood or plastic), which of course, is impossible. Idol worship doesn’t just mean singing and dancing and bowing in front of funny-looking little statues—it means believing in any force, object or item outside of the infinite G-d Himself: an angel, a constellation, a force of nature, a living creature—or a funny-looking little statue. Everything is created by G-d, and to designate any piece of physical matter as “G-d” or a “Higher Power” is idol worship.

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Answer 8

I think idol worship is any of our invented purposes of life whether it be money, influence, reputation, self improvement, travel, etc. It is really self worship because being able to invent our own purpose is saying that we invent the purpose for which we were put on earth, thus making us our own creators.

Idol worshipers may think that some supernatural power exists, but by worshiping this power, they can control it and if they control it, then the power really belongs to the worshiper.

Answer 9

All over the world, religion is popular. This is because we don't really know what kind of a world we are living in. We don't know what will happen to us in the next world. This makes us feel insecure. We are all in the same boat. Some of us like to believe that we are in bigger, better, more buoyant boats. Belief is a wonderful thing as long as it does not encourage ire towards those whose beliefs are different.


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Answer 10

Worshiping the Kaaba ( a meteor) in Mecca.