One word:Idolatry . .from Christian Wikipedia,
Idolatry, in Christian theology, is "the worship of a created object (either made by human hands or created by God" rather than worship one would give to the true God Himself. The term "idol" often refers to conceptual constructs such as fame, money, nationality, ethnicity, and the ritual of attachment related to these is considered idolatry. Because a knowledge of God is supposed to transcend the conceptual, residing instead within people's emotional understanding, the theological concept of idolaty is related to the psychological concept of attachment.
My dearest of friends, Erykah Badu says it well in her song:
" . . Most intellects do not believe in God but they fear him just the same . ."
A pastor once said to an atheist; "If there was a God would you want to know him?"
Good question.
Kat
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