And I agree with you! Just as I sometimes think the RC leans toward papal worship. LOL. You are doing a very good job of trying not to offend. I commend you for it.
I suppose you are correct in this, we all lean toward idolatry as weak humans. I sometimes worry that I am leaning toward it in things to do with life in general, such as money, my garden, etc.
You make the point I was trying to make. Many take the idea of idolatry too literally. One need not have a statue or icon in order to be guilty of idolotry. Anything, any thing, that becomes more important for a person than God is a form of idolatry.
Many like to point to icons or statues and accuse others of idolatry, while overlooking the all-too-real sense of idolatry as any object of attention and worship which is not God.
SD
Thanks for that. *wipes the sweat off my brow* Whew - this is one tough forum. I don't come in the religion section often. ;-)
I suppose you are correct in this, we all lean toward idolatry as weak humans. I sometimes worry that I am leaning toward it in things to do with life in general, such as money, my garden, etc.
That's a good illustration of the magnitude of the levels at which our tendancy to commit idolatry can operate. I have to be cautious about my computer-time as it is something I truly enjoy doing. Games, forums, etc. I guess the reason this particular thread caught my eye was the more purely religious aspect of it. I am a devout Christian and do things by tradition as well. In my own home with my wife and children I labor to keep our traditions from becoming more than they need to be and instead focus upon the present reality of God. One thing I find entirely attractive about Eastern Orthodox beliefs is it's ability to embrace the 'incomprehensible'. I'm not ready to convert mind you. ;-)