I have been stewing on this one for at least a year now, so here we go! My first introduction into the word Idolatry was as a child and we studied the Israelite people in the Bible. As Moses was leading the people from slavery to a new life in the promised land, the people were worshiping the old gods in the form of physical idols. It got bad enough that 20% of the Ten Commandments essentially told the people that was wrong. The Idolatry that I am referring to in this modern world has more to do with material possessions and extreme wealth accumulation. It has more to do with staring at screens and the manufacturing of "famous" and "rich" people that many are programmed to imitate. It has more to do with the ministry of information that is mentioned in Orwell's classic book 1984. It has more to do with the basic functioning of Democracy depending on strong minded and independent thought, which is the primary defense against the constant onslaught of t...
Beware the extremes!