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Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
Serial killer Ted Bundy was a subject of widespread hybristophilia, with many women writing him love letters and attending his trials.. Hybristophilia is a paraphilia involving sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes. [1]
"I think a lot of people idolize certain celebrities because they want to be like them, especially if they see certain traits of themselves in their favorite celebrity. It can be easy to think ...
Lafcadio Hearn, an early Western Japanophile, with his wife Setsuko in 1892.. Japanophilia is a strong interest in Japanese culture, people, and history. [1] In Japanese, the term for Japanophile is "shinnichi" (親日), with "shin (親)" equivalent to the English prefix 'pro-' and "nichi (日)", meaning "Japan" (as in the word for Japan "Nippon/Nihon" (日本)).
Judaism historically stood out from other faiths in the Iron Age world because of its strict monotheism. [3] However, there is evidence indicating that before and probably during the early first millennium BCE, polytheism was ubiquitous in Yahwism.
Shirk (Arabic: شِرْك, lit. 'association') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association [with God]'.
Cult image, a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents; Murti, a devotional image of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence
Christianity may use the term bibliolatry to characterize either extreme devotion to the Bible or the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. [11] Supporters of biblical inerrancy point to passages (such as 2 Timothy 3:16–17 [12]), interpreted to say that the Bible, as received, is a complete source of what must be known about God.