Show 157: IDOLATRY OR THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS

Description

In this episode we discuss Idolatry, false gods, superstition, fortune-telling and the occult.

Idolatry is the worship of a creature which is regarded as a deity; e.g., the sun, fire, animals, images, etc.
Another form of idolatry is when a human being gives up his whole self to a creature.
The service of idols is high treason against the majesty of God, and the most heinous of sins.

FOOLISH OR PERVERTED WORSHIP

Superstition, fortune-telling, spiritualism, and magic, are foolish and irrational forms of worship.
Fortune-telling or soothsaying is the attempt to discover hidden or future events by means of things that are not in themselves calculated to reveal them.
Spiritualism is the invocation of spirits in view of learning what is hidden from human ken.
Magic or sorcery is the invocation of spirits in order to produce miraculous effects.

This perverted form of worship is a grievous sin.

Sins Against the First Commandment.
The First Commandment of God is transgressed:

By neglecting prayer.
By opposing religion, either by speaking against the faith, or by the publication or dissemination of books and periodicals hostile to the faith, or by joining associations of an anti-Chris tian character.
By worshipping idols or being engrossed in material interests.
By superstitions.
By telling fortunes or having one's fortune told.
By invoking spirits, either for the purpose of searching out what is hidden, or of doing what cannot be done in the ordinary course of nature.