Today's Lecture: Basic Beliefs of Judaism : Theology
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In ancient times, idolatry was easy to spot. People would take a piece of wood, break it in two, use one half to light a fire, and carve the other half into a god. While that sort of practice is still alive and well in may parts of the world today, we have other forms of idolatry to worry about.
One Jewish definition of idolatry would be "the worship of anything made by man." That would certainly include man made carvings, but could it also include man made ideas?
Communism, democracy, capitalism can all be considered man made ideas. Would the worship of them be considered idolatry? Is someone who would give their life for an ideology like communism an idolater?
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