But one of the problems with idolatry is that it gives them less than their due.

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We were educated in royalism: no wonder if some of us retain that idolatry still.

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Hopefully, Pope Francis will play a similar role criticizing the idolatry of authoritarian rulers in Latin America.

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In 1928, Carl Roberts depicted Dickens in a far from favourable light in his novel This Side Idolatry.

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To church reformers the veneration of relics was tantamount to idolatry and a symptom of a church gone astray.

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Islam generally forbids any depiction of the prophet -- even favorable ones -- fearing that may lead to idolatry.

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The royal families of Saudi Arabia have promoted ultra-conservative Wahhabism, which discourages personal vice, idolatry, veneration of saints, etc.

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Idolatry also reduces idols to nothing more than vehicles for their worshippers.

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Stalin worshippers were well rewarded for their idolatry, especially in academia.

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In the coming weeks there will be a new cycle of college football idolatry, the release of top-25 lists and Heisman Trophy contenders and a fresh wave of enthusiasm.

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Idolatry denies the human side of its subjects.

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