For some time now, I've been deeply interested in the theme of idolatry and how it has reared its head in the Bible and in Christian/religious history. Here is a quote from Rabbi Rami Shapiro that speaks to this theme.
"What I am saying is that all theologies and ideologies are of human origin. The gods produced in these systems are gods that can be named and not the Eternal God beyond naming. This doesn't mean there is no God, only that whatever this God may be, it cannot be named, owned, or monopolized by any group to sanction its own ends and excuse whatever means it uses to achieve those ends."
Rami Shapiro
Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent, 2013, p. 182
