A Thesis On Idolatry

[Colin_Ginger 76]

On Idolatry

Idolatry is stated as the worship of that other than the Creator. While this may seem straight forward idolatry takes many forms and manners, and as such should be discussed thoroughly by the church. As I am not a member of the clergy, and have only studied those scrolls I can get my hands on, I invite all to please comment with their thoughts on Idolotry themselves after reading through my argument.

On Other Gods

From the beginning of time there has been those who have worshipped the Creator. Though through different faces and different names, they held the same ideals, and the church claims that they have been praising the same God all along. Though they may hold the same morals, worship of another God should be held as Idolatry. It is a simple fact that though they may seem the same, worshipping one name over another is heretical. The Creator is the Creator, it is as simple as that. To split the creators aspects into separate beings is to take away from the power of the our God. For to say there is a guard of harvest, and a god of life, is to say one being is not powerful enough to manage all aspects of our life. This is a lie, for there is an all powerful being, that being the creator. When we look at our Elven, Dwarven, halfling, and even Uruk brothers, we must teach them that their is one name for the God they worship, and that is the creator. Further more, we should teach them that this God is omnipotent and rules over all aspects of this world and others.

On the worship of Aenguls

There is no doubt that Aengus are powerful beings. This power is that that is granted to them by the Creator. We should look at the aenguls as the servants of our lord. If a man visits a lords house, he is greeted by the servants, the servants are the ones who prepare and serve the food. The servants clean the rooms and provide comfort for the lords guest. Does this mean that the servants should be the one praised? No, the lord should, for providing the servants, and for creating the house in the first place. Likewise, we should not praise the aenguls for fulfilling the Creators will. We should praise the creator, and him only for his gifts to us. The worship of aenguls should be held equivalent to the worship of demonic beings beings, for to look at something other than the creator as the one who grants you power, is heretical. This brings up questions about those who use aengulic powers for good, such as healing the ill, or protecting a king. To say that anyone besides the Creator granted you the powers is blasphemy. Such magi, and guilds that do such should change their ways, or be abolished from the land.

On Worldly Distractions

One should wake up and pray to the Creator, and pray to the Creator before they go to bed. They should pray to the creator before every meal, and after working a long day. The reason why man should do such is simple. There are many things in this world that we can become obsessed with. A job may fulfill all of your time, or raising a family may take over your life. Does this mean that one should refrain from doing such things? Of course not. The creator gave us work, food, and family, to remind us of how good he is. Therefore we should give him thanks for gifting this to us. We should remember him in everything we do. For if we do not, then we are replacing the creator with these things. If you do not pray over your food, then you forget who provided you that food. If you forget who provided you the food, you began to worship others as the providers, and even yourself. Do not take the Creators gifts for granted, but also do not make them Gods of your life in their own right.

In all this we must remember the Creator, and give thanks to him and him alone.

[Endovelicus 614]

Jürgen furrows his brows. "Isn't idolatry worship of idols as gods? Idolatry is a type of Heathenry not the other way around..." He shrughs continuing on with his life.

[Colin_Ginger 76]

Idolatry can be worshipping an idol as a God, but the point of my thesis, is that many things we spend to much time on our also idols. To hold anything above the Creator is idolatry, the object of idolatry does not have to be a physical object. You can hold an idea as an idol.

[Knox213 10]

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