Idolatry | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Idolatry


00:01:58 1 Etymology and nomenclature
00:03:15 2 Prehistoric and ancient civilizations
00:06:16 3 Abrahamic religions
00:06:25 3.1 Christianity
00:07:24 3.1.1 Catholicism
00:10:43 3.1.2 Orthodox Church
00:12:44 3.1.3 Protestantism
00:14:57 3.2 Islam
00:20:58 3.3 Judaism
00:24:06 4 Indian religions
00:26:00 4.1 Buddhism
00:28:23 4.2 Hinduism
00:32:40 4.3 Jainism
00:33:54 4.4 Sikhism
00:35:01 5 Traditional religions
00:35:11 5.1 Africa
00:37:23 5.2 Americas
00:39:35 5.3 Polynesia
00:40:20 6 False god or intolerance
00:42:06 7 Gallery
00:42:15 8 See also



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Idolatry literally means the worship of an "idol", also known as a worship cult image, in the form of a physical image, such as a statue or icon. In Abrahamic religions, namely Christianity, Islam and Judaism, idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than God as if it were God. In these and several other monotheistic religions, idolatry has been considered as the "worship of false gods" and is forbidden. In many Indian religions, such as theistic and non-theistic forms of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, idols (murti) are considered as symbolism for the absolute but not the absolute, or icons of spiritual ideas, or the embodiment of the divine. It is a means to focus one's religious pursuits and worship (bhakti). In the traditional religions of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, Asia, the Americas and elsewhere, the reverence of an image or statue has been a common practice, and cult images have carried different meanings and significance.The opposition to the use of any icon or image to represent ideas of reverence or worship is called aniconism. The destruction of idols and images as icons of veneration is called iconoclasm, and this has long been accompanied with violence between religious groups that forbid idol worship and those who have accepted icons, images and idols for worship. The definition of idolatry has been a contested topic within Abrahamic religions, with many Muslims and Protestant Christians condemning the Catholic veneration and statues of the Virgin Mary in many churches, as a form of idolatry.The history of religions has been marked with accusations and denials of idolatry. These accusations have considered statues and images to be devoid of symbolism. Alternatively, the topic of idolatry has been a source of disagreements between many religions, or within denominations of various religions, with the presumption that icons of one's own religious practices have meaningful symbolism, while another person's different religious practices do not.