The larger the body of evidence a person must deny to preserve their beliefs, the crazier their alternative explanations become. The 1st Law of Idolatry
it's fucking idolatry and i'm tired of pretending it isn't
That's accidental idolatry!
2/“”his" leader, party, state, or idea is all-powerful and supreme, that he himself is strong and great, that he is a part of something "greater”…This masochistic…submissive individual, who fears freedom and escapes into idolatry, is the person on which the authoritarian systems…rest,”
I’m very happy that instead of watching Game 5 on Friday night, I’ll be at Kol Nidre, atoning for all of my Mets-based idolatry 🎃🟣
It's hard to define where the Calvinist near-idolatry of "self-control" shades into the hersey of Gnosticism, but this seems pretty damn close!
If you're a Christian -idolatry -Putting a legal document on par with the Bible If you're not -An ex president and current major party candidate stamping his name on a religious document -Putting a religious document on the same footing as a legal document -leaving out all but 10 amendments
American Christianity has been idolatry for a long time because they don't worship Christ as he was, but their own twisted idea of Christ conformed to their image. This is the natural, if acutely repulsive progression of that.
Donald Trump is a rapist, criminal, liar, cheat, insurrectionist, and overall immoral guy, but he receives little criticism from Christians. Why the hypocrisy? Trump is now preparing to sell a Bible with his name printed on the front of it. How is this not seen as idolatry by Christians?
