• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    It was also very much a god that was worshiped before they made the statue.

    There is a difference between idolization and idolitry.

    • Wren@lemmy.today
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      8 days ago

      If you’re talking about the bull god they worshipped in egypt, yeah that was a thing. I’m talking about the biblical allegory of the golden calf, which was just a object of worship and thus why one of the many definitions of ‘Idol’ is 'an object of worship.