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"Idolatry is a mistake about reality..It arises from the crying need of human beings to gain control over their lives. That need is understandable, of course, and it must be met in some way. But idolatry tries to meet the need by assigning powers to an object of human imagination and artifice, powers that object does not actually posess..."

Dallas Willard: Knowing Christ Today: Why we can trust Spiritual Knowledge