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I know everyone here loves being edgy, but idolatry is forbidden, and Sodom and Gomorrah was about not following Godโs word. (PS I am angry the homophobes have co-opted a story about Charity and Faith)
What about all the numerous catholic saints that are idolized af? They literally have idols of them all over churches and homes.
Yeah, that's one thing I don't get, and am unfamiliar with catholic dogma, so why is it okay for saints to be literally idolized by modern catholics? Or is it one of those "no true Scotsman" things...
Because Arabic and Jewish culture value the uniqueness and singularity of God, while the Pagan cultures of Greece and Rome (where Western Christianity developed) valued multiple persons in divinity with responsibilities over different aspects of life.
When Christians were oppressed by Rome, their crime was not worshiping Jesus. But rather their refusal to participate in ritual or pay respects to the other official State gods.