Nobody but illiterate peasants ever actually believed that the statue was literally the god itself but rather, a “conduit” of sorts to access the god. After carving the statue, they would do a ritual that they believed would transfer the gods essence into the statue; the god was still believed to reside in the heavens but their essence was now present in the statue and allowed them to access the deity. This is literally no different from how Christians view icons and this is how Hindus view their own “idols.”The only reason anyone thinks “idolatry” is somehow bad or inherently superstitious is because of the Abrahamic religions strawmanning them. In fact, scholars and historians had to switch to using the term “cult image” due to the negative connotations that “idol” carries today.
>>18476078>Greeks believed x about ySource?
>>18476078Idolatry is based except when Hindus do it.>NOOOOOOOO yahweh will be big madlol
>>18476078Idolatry is the reason we no longer have the Shekinah on earth. When Shekinah was on earth diseases, demons and insects wouldn't touch us.>until uthe time of the generation of Enosh who was the head of all idol worshippers of the world.>And what did the generation of Enosh do? They went from one end of the world to the other, and each one brought silver, gold, precious stones and pearls in heaps like unto mountains and hills making idols out of them throughout all the world. And they erected the idols in every quarter of the world: the size of each idol was 1000 parasangs.>And they brought down the sun, the moon, planets and constellations, and placed them before the idols on their right hand and on their left, to attend them even as they attend the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is written (1 Kings xxii. 19): "And all the host of heaven was standing by him on his right hand and on his left".>What power was in them that they were able to bring them down? They would not have been able to bring them down but for 'Uzza, 'Azza and 'Azziel who taught them sorceries whereby they brought them down and made use of them>In that time the ministering angels brought charges (against them) before the Holy One, blessed be He, saying before him: "Master of the World! What hast thou to do with the children of men? As it is written (Ps. viii. 4) 'What is man (Enosh) that thou art mindful of him?' 'Mah Adam' is not written here, but 'Mah Enosh', for he (Enosh) is the head of the idol worshippers.>Why hast thou left the highest of the high heavens, the abode of thy glorious Name, and the high and exalted Throne in 'Araboth Raqia' in the highest and art gone and dwellest with the children of men who worship idols and equal thee to the idols.>Now thou art on earth and the idols likewise. What hast thou to do with the inhabitants of the earth who worship idols?"
>>18476293> Forthwith the Holy One, blessed be He, lifted up His Shekina from the earth, from their midst.>In that moment came the ministering angels, the troops of hosts and the armies of 'Araboth in thousand camps and ten thousand hosts : they fetched trumpets and took the horns in their hands and surrounded the Shekina with all kinds of songs.And He ascended to the high heavens, as it is written (Ps. xlvii. 5): "God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet ".
>>18476293>Idolatry is the reason we no longer have the Shekinah on earth. When Shekinah was on earth diseases, demons and insects wouldn't touch us.You made this up because you have schizophrenia.Take your meds schizo.
>>18476301>You made this up>For the splendour of the Shekina traversed the world from one end to the other (with a splendour) 365,000 times (that) of the globe of the sun. And everyone who made use of the splendour of the Shekina, on him no flies and no gnats did rest, neither was he ill nor suffered he any pain. No demons got power over him, neither were they able to injure him.>When the Holy One, blessed be He, went out and went in; from the Garden to Eden, from Eden to the Garden, from the Garden to Raqia and from Raqia to the Garden of Eden then all and everyone beheld the splendour of His Shekina and they were not injured;
>>18476306>>For the splendour of the Shekina traversed the world from one end to the other (with a splendour) 365,000 times (that) of the globe of the sun. And everyone who made use of the splendour of the Shekina, on him no flies and no gnats did rest, neither was he ill nor suffered he any pain. No demons got power over him, neither were they able to injure him.>>When the Holy One, blessed be He, went out and went in; from the Garden to Eden, from Eden to the Garden, from the Garden to Raqia and from Raqia to the Garden of Eden then all and everyone beheld the splendour of His Shekina and they were not injured;Complete nonsense.Didn't happen.You are a delusional liar who should be placed in a mental institution.
