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Originally Posted by Igzy
Yes, an idol is anything that replaces God. But as far as I know, no one worships Christianity.
Besides, that wasn't your point anyway. Your point was another cheap attempt to discredit "Christianity" which to you is anything other than the LCM.
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Call me old school, but this whole thing about labeling anything that "occupies your heart" or "replaces God" as an idol is just a machine gun in the hands of exclusive teachers like Lee. Years ago, due to this extremist teaching, an LC brother close to me felt that holding and kissing his newborn son could become an idol.
Sounds a little out of control, don't you think? For Javertical to call all of Christianity an idol sounds to me like the howls of a deranged man.
That's why I like to stick to the scriptures, and what they say about idols:
Psalm 115.4-8: Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like to them; so is every one that trusts in them.
Revel 9.20: The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.
I think it's wise to use the scripture to interpret the scripture. The use of "idols" in this thread goes way beyond what is written. For Javertical to apply it to all Christianity is kind of like strapping on a vest bomb, you are just blowing yourself up along with others.