As I write this article, the elections of 2008 are going on in USA. Daily news, reports, talk and video shows, reveal a very acute display of the phenomenon discussed in this article: the mentality of the idol worship.
As we mentioned in Part 2, the dictionary definition implies that Faith is a such belief which is not based on any proof. This might bring us to a surprising conclusion that Faith is no different from fairy tales, folk stories or any kind of fiction as no proof is required … how much sense it would be in any of the dominant ideas of humanity if Faith does not require any proof … we need to fix this misconception.
Large part of Torah deals with warnings against the idol worship and many punishments for following it. Description of the idol worship practices given in Torah makes these warnings seemingly irrelevant to our modern lives. Or is it? This is a very subtle and complicated topic as in the root of this issues lays a very foundation of Jewish spirituality in constant war with mental corruption effecting us from the “larger world”. Understanding the true meaning of idol worship beyond those examples given in Torah, will open eyes to the reason for our many troubles today … troubles coming from modern forms of idol worship plaguing our nation today.
Idol Worship – This part will start from explaining the nature of Faith as a prerequisite to understanding of the phenomenon of idol worship.
