BitNow, it's quite simple.
You write:
BADecker states that one definition of an idol as the deity - head of a religion - itself.
In conjunction with the above, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/idol:
Is a religion something that worships an idol or not? A simple question which you refuse to answer.
You write:
Here the word Faith means faith in the Supreme.
Something that worship an idol is not a Religion.
Something that worship an idol is not a Religion.
BADecker states that one definition of an idol as the deity - head of a religion - itself.
In conjunction with the above, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/idol:
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idol
[ahyd-l]
noun
1. an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
2. Bible.
an image of a deity other than God.
the deity itself.
[ahyd-l]
noun
1. an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
2. Bible.
an image of a deity other than God.
the deity itself.
Is a religion something that worships an idol or not? A simple question which you refuse to answer.
Religion doesn't worship. Animals don't worship, either. Only people worship.
Quite right - let me rephrase: Can a religion consist of beings that worship an idol or not? Your own definition says "yes"- an idol can be "the deity itself". Or are you just going to choose the definitions that suit your view of the world?
People who worship any other deity than God are idolators. If they worship the image of a deity, they are idolators. The only time people are not idolators is when they worship God.
If you are changing your mind, what do you tell all the religions that actually *do* worship graven images? That they actually aren't religions and that they don't worship gods?
My telling is simply quoting and paraphrasing what others and God say.
I haven't changed my mind about what I have said.
God is a spirit. There is no physical image of God because God is a Spirit. The closest that people can come to making a physical image of God is to make a physical image of a man... because man was made in the image of God. Worshiping an image is not worshiping God. Worshiping the image is idolatry.
We can go into all kinds of detail, ferreting out all kinds of little understandings that are generally not thought about by people. If you are really interested in details, many people have explained these things in books. Much of the explanation is up on the Net. And, there is the Bible you can study to find the real answers in the way that God will reveal them to your spirit - Spirit to spirit - if you are humbly requesting and seeking answers.
