--- Carl Remick
>
> Very interesting. I've long thought that religions'
> greatest vulnerability
> is their susceptibility to the charge of idolatry.
> Each religion seems to
> make the contradictory claims that: (a) God is
> unknowable, and (b) that this
> particular religion knows God's nature and will very
> well. That means the
> followers of that religion do not worship God in all
> His/Her/Its infinitude;
> they worship the finite understanding of God that
> the religion offers. In
> short, the faithful are not worshiping God at all;
> they are worshiping their
> religion; they are practicing idolatry.
>
> Carl
>
Read Heidegger! This is the late Heidegger's central point: Religion is idolatry -- it is reducing "God" to the level at which He/he/it can be reduced to the human viewpoint. (H views technology as a development of this viewpoint.)
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What's wrong with idolatry ?
The Devil