Why Idol Worship in Some Form is So Inevitable in Every Religion?
Idol worship is one of the most repugnant acts in religions. Some religions like Judaism and Islam prohibits the Idol worship and a person who worship Idol faces the greatest displeasure of God and he is liable to be punished to death. The Third of the Ten Commandments of Old Testament clearly state, “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or the water below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them.” (Exodus 20 4-5). According to the Quran, idolatry is the gravest sin. It is seen as the only categorically unforgivable sin. Like Islam, the Orthodox Christians abhor idol worship. There was a great resistance from the Christianity in creating the statue of Jesus for many centuries. Yet no Churches have become the house of the idols of Jesus, where people go and worship the image of Jesus. The most interesting form of idolatry can be found in Buddhism. Buddha never considered himself as God and started the philosophy t
