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idol worship

Noun

Meaning

the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods

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idol-worship

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In Ahmadabad and other parganas of Gujarat, in the days before my accession, temples were destroyed by my order. They have been repaired and idol worship has been resumed. Carry out the former orders. Aurangzeb

Anything which may take possession of one's soul shares its sublimity with all other things, and is for this reason at the same time something ordinary. Without such a dialectic clarification of our consciousness all adoration is idol worship. Joseph Dietzgen

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him. Emraan Hashmi

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again. John Lennon

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. John Lennon

Without devotion, knowledge is tasteless. Without knowledge, devotion is mere empty idol worship. Chinmayananda Saraswati

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