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No Other Gods: The Modern Struggle Against Idolatry
Idolatry is not just the worship of idols and clay figures. While the nature of the temptation has changed over the years idolatry is as much a threat today as it was in our ancestors' time.
- GenresPhilosophy
144 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1995
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March 17, 2024Idolatry includes any portrayal of God as any material thing, force, or being." p. 38
Deuteronomy 10:18 "Love therefore the stranger."
"Monotheism therefore demands that when we enter the Holy of Holies, we take a critical attitude toward human accomplishments, seeing them as neither ultimate nor irreplaceable. That is also why the Torah in Deuteronomy 10:18 claims that God loves the stranger, the non-Jew, the person who may not look like you, believe what you believe, or act the way you act. At a minimal level, to think like a monotheist is to give up any form of cultural or religious chauvinism." p. 37
Deuteronomy 10:18 "Love therefore the stranger."
"Monotheism therefore demands that when we enter the Holy of Holies, we take a critical attitude toward human accomplishments, seeing them as neither ultimate nor irreplaceable. That is also why the Torah in Deuteronomy 10:18 claims that God loves the stranger, the non-Jew, the person who may not look like you, believe what you believe, or act the way you act. At a minimal level, to think like a monotheist is to give up any form of cultural or religious chauvinism." p. 37
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