In the Acts of the apostles, after the resurrection of Jesus, the apostles go around preaching the risen Christ. In Liconium, they find themselves in a very weird situation. Having performed a couple of miracles and verified the authenticity of their preaching, they are being praised and exalted by the people. The people then decide to offer sacrifice to the new 'gods' amidst them! Peter rebukes them sternly. Deification of mortals.
Come to modern times where at times the gods are happily 'idolized'. "You stay there and we'll do everything that needs to be done. Just don't move!" That's the silent prayer of most priests and religious elders. Idolization of gods.
Once humans were exalted to be worshipped as gods. Today God is 'refrigerated'/ fossilized.
No comments:
Post a Comment