Exodus 32: 4 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
Compare the two passages. "God just isn't enough. Bring out the idols." Some things never change, do they?
>> And Aaron made proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. Compare the two passages. “God just isn’t enough. Bring out the idols.” Some things never change, do they? <<
The difference, of course, was that the Golden calf was an alien god. Catholics pray primarily with SAINTS because we can have full confidence that their wills are united with God. Moses had the Israelites craft a staff with a seraph on it, and the people bowed to the staff, and were healed. How is this not idolatry? Because seraphim are servants of God Most High, and their will is in unison with God’s; the people did not obey the seraph, they obeyed God Most High.
Worth repeating.
Compare the two passages. "God just isn't enough. Bring out the idols." Some things never change, do they?