Anybody else get a “Golden Calf” vibe when they read this story?
No, I get a laying-your-troubles-on-the-altar-before-God vibe.
I just think if they are going to start worshipping graven images, it should be something better than some crummy hybrid escape, tahoe or aspen.
The Tenth Commandment did come to mind.
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's