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Idolatry

Idolatry or idol worship is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God. In these monotheistic religions, idolatry has been considered as the "worship of false gods" and is forbidden…

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related to Further reading · 60
Idolatry → Abrahán, Age, Allegories, Apocalipsis, Babylonin Exile, Beginnings, Biblical Literature, Chaim Klein, Chicago Press, David, Donald, Enlightenment, Ethnohistory, Fable, Faur, Fondo Editorial Universidad Católica, From, Ganguly, God, Gods
related to Etymology and nomenclature · 44
Idolatry → AAZ, AKUM, Alef, Although, Ancient Greek, Arial, Bar, Cardo, David, David CLM, David Libre, English, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gisha, Greek, Hadasim CLM
related to General · 36
Idolatry → Absolute, According, AD, Aranyakas, BC, Brahman, Brahmanas, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Everything, Hindu, Hinduism, Homa, Horace Hayman Wilson, India, Indian, Indologists, Jain, Jaina
related to Religious tolerance and intolerance · 30
Idolatry → Abrahamic, Ancient Hebrew, Asherah, Astarte, Baal, Babylonian, Bible, Chemosh, Christians, Dagon, Elohim/Allah, God, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Israelites, Jewish Gods, Jews, Judaism, Moloch, Moreover, Muslims
related to Buddhism · 20
Idolatry → According, Bhakti, Bhatti, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, Central Asia, Cetiya, Eric Reinders, Karel Werner, Korea, Pali, South Asia, Thailand, The, Theravada Buddhism, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Vietnam
related to Judaism · 18
Idolatry → According, God, God's, In, Jewish, Judaism, Maimon, Maimonidean, Maimonides, Many Jewish, One, Paquda, Rabbi Bahya, Rabbi Moshe, Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, The, Thou
related to Africa · 16
Idolatry → According, Africa, African, African American, African Traditional Religions, ATR, Awolalu, Christians, Europe, Idols, Muslims, Religious Studies, Supreme Being, Sylvester Johnson, The, These
related to Jainism · 16
Idolatry → AD, Devotional, Digambara, However, Indian, Islamic, Jaina, Jainism, Jina, Like, Lonka, Mathura, Shvetambara, The, Thus, Tirthankara
related to Islam · 12
Idolatry → Christians, For, God, In Islamic, Islamic, Jews, Kufr, Over, Quran, The, The Islamic, The Quran
related to Christianity · 8
Idolatry → Bible, Christianity, Exodus, Ideas, Luke, Matthew, Ten Commandments, This

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the Ten Commandmentsinstance ofand is forbidden by texts0.80text
Rabbi Saadia Gaoninstance ofThe worship of foreign gods in any form or through icons is not allowed.Many Jewish scholars0.80text
Rabbi Bahya ibn Paqudainstance ofThe worship of foreign gods in any form or through icons is not allowed.Many Jewish scholars0.80text
and Rabbi Yehuda Halevi have elaborated on the issues of idolatryinstance ofThe worship of foreign gods in any form or through icons is not allowed.Many Jewish scholars0.80text
Torah scrollsinstance ofand Judaism too has had its holy objects and symbols0.80text
holy booksinstance ofand Judaism too has had its holy objects and symbols0.80text
Tefillininstance ofand Judaism too has had its holy objects and symbols0.80text
the Menorahinstance ofand Judaism too has had its holy objects and symbols0.80text
mezuzahinstance ofand Judaism too has had its holy objects and symbols0.80text
many more.ChristianityIdeas on idolatry in Christianity are based on the first of Ten Commandments..mw-parser-output .templatequoteinstance ofand Judaism too has had its holy objects and symbols0.80text
the Catholic massinstance ofIt has also supported the practices0.80text
burning of candles before picturesinstance ofIt has also supported the practices0.80text

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