IDOLATRY
(See also Creature Worship; Emblems; Hero Worship; Images; Mariolatry; Sacred Poles [Asherahs]; Saints; Worship)
Bible view: tr 25-26, 143-145; us 41-42, 44; g77 5/22 15; gh 177; w74 395-396; g74 2/8 27-28; g73 1/8 27-28; g73 5/22 28; w72 250-251, 538-540; g72 8/22 6-7; ad 811, 821; te 139-142; w70 69-70, 612; g70 2/22 28; g70 6/22 21-23; g70 8/8 27-28; w69 310; g69 1/8 27-28; g69 5/8 5-6; w68 583; yl 35-36; g66 1/22 14-15; ms 247-252; w64 102, 116-117, 246; g64 2/8 17
Catholic Church: g75 1/8 23; w74 395-396; g73 2/22 29-30; g73 8/8 28; yb72 173-174, 194; g72 7/22 23; w70 648; g70 2/22 27-28; g70 6/22 20-23; g68 4/22 17-19; g67 3/8 7, 26; g66 1/22 12-15; g64 1/22 6-8; bf 480; g63 8/22 5-10; g60 10/8 7, 9; w59 709-712; w55 579-582; g54 7/22 5-8; w53 393-395; w52 180; lg 146-151; w51 487; g46 5/22 11-15; rw 50, 52; g42 1/7 29; g41 4/30 24-25; rg 57; co 42, 45
Mexico: g83 9/22 29
Spain: yb78 189-190
Christendom: w74 459; w72 538-539; yb72 112-113; kj 103, 119, 146, 156-161; g70 2/22 27-28; g64 5/22 30; w63 53-56; g63 8/22 5-10; g63 12/8 7-8
League of Nations: w85 10/1 10-11
Christmas promotes: w84 12/15 3, 7
covetousness: w78 4/1 20-21; g73 11/22 28; w68 388, 543; w61 281; w51 390
creature worship: tr 145-147; yb74 174-175; g72 7/8 6, 8; g69 5/8 6; w68 309-313, 463; g68 8/8 31; g65 8/8 30-31; w64 270; g64 12/8 6-7; w63 53; g63 8/22 7; g59 9/22 5-7; g58 1/22 16; g58 4/8 23; g57 12/8 7; w56 10-11, 753; g55 2/22 3-4; g54 1/22 3; w51 389-392; g51 7/22 3-4; g50 3/8 16; g50 9/8 11-12; pp 239
cross adoration: tr 143; g69 5/8 4-5; w68 93-95; qm 271; g67 3/8 6; g67 3/22 20; w64 394-395, 666; g64 7/22 8-11; bf 144-146; g58 7/22 5-7; qm55 271; g39 4/5 16
demonism: w74 396; w74 588; g74 2/22 4-5
Devil worship: yb86 76-77; w59 317-318; g57 2/22 25-26; g57 3/22 25-26; w52 232
discussion: tr 143-145; w72 295-296; g72 8/22 5-7; ad 808-812, 821; g69 1/8 27-28; g69 5/8 5-6; qm 268-272; g63 8/22 5-10; w59 709-712; g57 8/8 21-23; w55 579-583; qm55 268-272; g54 7/22 5-8; w53 393-395; lg 145-154; g50 11/22 21-23; g48 11/22 26-28
disgusting things: ad 454-456
doves: ad 464
employment involving: w64 680
Enosh’s day: po 67-68; ad 520; qm 270; g59 5/8 5; qm55 270; w54 144-145
ephods used idolatrously: ad 525
experiences:
Bible truth frees worshipers: yb80 182-183; w79 4/15 32
destruction of idols: w83 3/1 28-29; w80 10/15 29; yb80 182-183, 218, 223; yb79 227; us 46; w75 761
fetishes: w74 395-396; g57 8/8 21-23
flag salute: w76 655; g71 9/8 12-15; w66 399-400; w64 377-379
gambling: w74 588; w72 593-594
gold and silver idols: g76 8/22 27-28
“greedy person” an “idolater” (Eph 5:5): w85 2/15 25; w85 4/15 30
Hinduism: g73 7/8 16, 18
Horace’s comment on the making of a god: g77 5/22 15
images:
food offered to: g72 8/22 5-7
placed in lava path: w53 395; lg 151
imagination’s role in: g57 12/8 5-6
immorality a form of: w85 2/15 25; w84 3/1 27-28
Israelite, was lese majesty: w60 457-458; w54 250
Israelites: w82 11/15 31; w79 8/1 8; w79 12/1 29-30; w78 7/1 15; w74 457-459; po 111-112; w72 42-43, 74, 295, 509, 537-538, 571-572; ad 766-767, 1150, 1363-1364, 1590, 1612; kj 25, 28, 30, 98-99, 101-102, 115-119, 145, 147-151, 154-156, 167-168, 239-240, 249; g65 5/8 28-29; w64 393; w63 54-56; ns 105-106, 109-110; w60 731; pa 95, 100-102; w57 337-338; w55 582; w54 763-764; w53 393; w52 159; lg 147-148; rm 154-158, 177, 181-185
abandoned idolatry forever after 537 B.C.E.: w78 8/1 7-8
meaning of term: w63 53-54; g63 8/22 5; ms53 172-173; w45 318; w43 76
meat offered to idols: w82 7/15 24; w77 714-716; g77 12/22 28; w72 563-565; ad 812; w61 669-670; w60 8; w56 45-46
harmony of Acts 15:28, 29 with 1 Corinthians 8: w78 10/15 30-31
money: w75 231-232; g57 12/8 7; w56 312, 397; g55 10/8 3-5
nature worship: g59 5/8 6; g57 8/8 21-23; w55 383; g55 6/8 21-24; rm 108
ornaments: g76 12/22 12-15; w72 295-296
post-Flood: qm 271-272; bf 33-44; qm55 271-272
pre-Flood: ad 809; qm 268-270; g59 5/8 5; qm55 268-270
Protestantism: g43 3/17 26
relative worship: w74 395-396; g73 12/22 6; w67 121; ms 249; g64 1/22 5, 8; w63 54; g62 9/8 5; w59 709-711; w55 580-582; g54 7/22 5; w53 394-395; lg 146-147, 150-151; tf 37; co 45
Russian Orthodox Church: g64 3/8 8
self-idolatry: g79 4/22 3-15
sports stars: g79 11/8 19-20
unreasonableness of: us 42, 44