Idolatry in the Bible

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In a message dated 96-02-18 20:39:52 EST, you write:

>Man wants to be in control.  Eric Fromm wrote the philosophical work
>"Man for himself".  Emanual Kant not only wrote "Critique of pure
>reason", but also developed the theory of cosmology that now bears his
>name, the theory of swirling dust and gas clouds condensing into stars
>and planets.  The goal, even if it is subconcoius, is to remove the
>necissity for any God as creator or controller of the univers.  Steven
>Hawkins wrote "A brief history of time" to put in non-specialist terms
>his work on general relativity and quantun electrodynamics.  In a
>nutshell, he spends the book developing a quantized model of
>space-time that can make use of the Heisenburg uncertainty principle
>to "hide" the moment of creation, thereby making it possible to say
>that there was no moment of creation.  But remember, a different
>transformation and there is a creation visable again.  Also remember
>that modern theoritical physics is a theory of measurability:  if you
>can't measure it, then it doesn't exist.  This assumption is
>tantamount to eliminating God right there!
>
>Why are there idols in the Bible?  Same reason there are idols today!
>Man wants to create the Gods so he can control them.  It is the pride
>of life.
>
>

You are correct.  I find myself asking a question:  How can people with so
many degrees and doctorates, people who are intelligent and bright, be so
STUPID!  Knowledge, in some instances, is a dangerous thing.

Dave Achorn
Dachorn@aol.com