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The New Testament also uses the term "idolatry" to refer to worship like passion for things such as wealth, as in Colossians 3:5, "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed which is idolatry." Some Christian theologians see the absolutization of an idea as ...
Idolatry is one of three sins (along with adultery and murder) the Mishnah says must be resisted to the point of death. [27] By the time the Talmud was written, the acceptance or rejection of idolatry was a litmus test for Jewish identity: [28] “Whosoever denies idols is called a Jew."
The writer laments: "Every one abandons the fear of God, and is become blind in His faith, neither walks in the ordinances of His appointment, nor acts a part becoming a Christian, but walks after his own wicked lusts, resuming the practice of an unrighteous and ungodly envy, by which death itself entered into the world."
If an ox has gored in the past and the owner has been warned about the behavior of the ox but has failed to confine it, and it gores and kills another person, the owner is to be put to death. If the interested party requires payment of a fee death is not required. If a slave is killed the owner of the ox is to pay a fine.
a warning not to worship according to the Greeks, with an exposure of various forms of idolatry; a warning not to worship according to the Jews – although they alone think they know the true God – for they worship angels and are superstitious about moons and sabbaths, and feasts (compare Arist. ch. 14);
Idolatry is one of three sins (along with adultery and murder) the Mishnah says must be resisted to the point of death. [61] By the time the Talmud was written, the acceptance or rejection of idolatry was a litmus test for Jewish identity: [62] "Whosoever denies idols is called a Jew". [63] "Whosoever recognizes idols has denied the entire ...
Mandisa, the Grammy-winning Christian music singer and former 'American Idol' contestant, died from complications of class III obesity, according to an autopsy report.
[32] According to the Talmud, this verse is a death penalty. [33] In Genesis 38:24-26, when Judah is told that Tamar (his former daughter-in-law) had become a harlot and was pregnant, he sentences her to death by burning. However, she proves that he (Judah) is the father, and (apparently) the ruling is reversed. [3] [4]